The University of Maryland says it is investigating the culture and coaching tactics of its football program after the death of freshman offensive lineman Jordan McNair. Some players report abuse and humiliation from strength and conditioning coach Rick Court, who has resigned, but others say these tactics aim to eliminate "the soft and the weak-minded."

LinkedIn and other social networks have become far more important than resumes for landing a job, Kathryn Vasel writes. Resumes have become less than 10% of the hiring process, says Macy Andrews, senior director of HR at Cisco.

The NCAA looks to balance transparency in releasing player injury reports and the right to privacy for student athletes. Not publicly releasing details of injuries could create an unfair betting advantage for insiders, while others agree with Stanford football coach David Shaw, who says, "I do not feel right giving out medical information of a 19-year-old. I think it's wrong in any way, shape or form."

Volkswagen, Tesla, Electric Boat and other manufacturers are teaming up with high schools to implement training programs that will help them develop employees. Rhode Island's state government has partnered with companies and put funding toward modern training subjects such as IT.

Text analytics algorithms have been able to show, for instance, how Enron's internal emails indicated lower morale and ethical discomfort, and companies are seeking to test its applications for employee monitoring in real time, writes law professor Frank Partnoy. "The lesson: Figure out the truth about how the workforce is feeling not by eavesdropping on the substance of what employees say, but by examining how they are saying it," he argues.