Research groups have noted an uptick in entrepreneurial activity among the young. Even if the vast majority of students never start their own businesses, entrepreneurship skills will make them more valuable to employers, said Jaine Lucas, executive director of Temple's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute. "They have leadership skills, the ability to team-build, the ability to incent people to be their best, the ability to survive at all costs," she said.

‘Tis the season when retailers intensify efforts to hook customers. Sherri Hope Culver, the director of the Center for Media and Information Literacy at Temple, says kids might know when they are being targeted with TV commercials but they might not be aware of pitches directed toward them in other contexts. During this season of giving, she says, it's important for parents to talk to their kids about wants and needs, what it means to be grateful for the gifts they get and the importance of giving to others. 

Temple scholarship donor Steven H. Korman was named Nice Guy of the Week for his surprise scholarship announcement at the Fox School of Business' Musser Awards. Korman donated $12,000 to each of 20 sophomores who were thinking that just one of them was receiving a $10,000 scholarship. "That man's going to have the best Christmas he ever had," said co-host Kathie Lee Gifford. "And so are those kids."