Hi Dr. Jones, Good points about how higher education is going to have to position itself in the coming years. The dynamics of the student body have changed extensively in the past few years and we in higher ed need to be flexible enough to respond to this. I agree with you about the emotional intelligence research need. One of my doc students just completed his dissertation on this topic. Very interesting the role emotion plays in personal and professional success. I have spent the last 25 years researching ways to assess the multiple intelligences of individuals to facilitate increased communication and learning. Have developed an assessment called Talent Key that gives a person their three dominate intelligences which then enables them to see how they process information. Want to move toward the blending of my research between multiple and emotional intelligences so I can identify connecting and bridge points between the two areas to benefit both instructors and students. Lot of work to still be done. I use extensively project based assessments because they have the students problem solve real life situations, which is what they will face in the work work. I do them in the form of case studies and learning groups. Gary