Imagine a world where your professors grade you not only on your academic improvement but also on your social skills and character. That is what several New York schools are attempting to do this year ...

When a Teenager ages up to Young Adult, they will gain new traits if they are at either extreme end of any given character value. Potentially a Sim can gain up to five new traits this way, but they ...

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has developed the Framework for Character Education to guide the development of the Center’s educational programs for children and youth ages five to 18 years.

This article was originally published in The Mercury News on January 7, 2017. Kirk O. Hanson is Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are his ...

Since the 2016 meeting of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling, a group of admission deans from more than a dozen selective colleges has been working to elevate the influence of ...

Every Wednesday at 9:30 PM, a talented crew roleplays their way to fulfill their mission and boldly go where no one has gone before. Join the adventures of the USS Sally Ride on Shield of Tomorrow on ...

Corporate stewardship—an expanded sense of caring for people, communities, the environment, and future generations—is increasingly recognized around the world as a principle of enlightened business.

Most profit-driven companies respond to their customers’ preferences, but apparently Walt Disney Studios doesn’t have to follow that strategy, at least when it comes to the values it assigns to the ...

A photo taken by the author in 2011 when she was director of reserve and visiting our troops in Kuwait. For those of us who are Christian, ’tis the season of Advent. Advent marks the beginning of the ...

Applying the new Character Values and Traits to established Sims is a time-consuming process at best for Children, Toddlers, and Teenagers, and essentially impossible for older Sims. Given that the ...