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Tool For Turbulent Times: The Talent Marketplace Apr 3, 2026

Talent marketplaces are not only the solution for what ails workforce development, but also the tool we need to navigate impending AI disruption of the labor market.

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Stopping By Woods On A Summer Internship Mar 20, 2026

Internships are jobs and we need millions more of them. And like all jobs, they’re only created when companies decide the benefits of hiring outweigh the costs.

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Step 1. Make A Billion Dollars, Step 2. Start A School Mar 6, 2026

Tech billionaires think they can do anything. Because they went to school – or at least dropped out – they think they can design a better one.

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Stop Hiring Old Presidents Feb 20, 2026

If Caltech is hiring presidents for the long run, most colleges and universities should be hiring for the longer run. Because presidents who won’t be around to reap the rewards are less likely to take the requisite risks to fix a fading value proposition.

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Making Hiring Great Again Is Making Hiring Worse Feb 6, 2026

There’s a middle ground between pie-in-the-sky skills-based hiring and hiring revanchism. Employers can leverage technology to let candidates show what they can do, early, fairly, and at scale.

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Teaching Generation TikTok Jan 25, 2026

Allowing video to crowd out reading means trading dynamic scanning, selecting, and constructing for patience, credulity, and willingness to follow direction. It’s a poor bargain, particularly in the age of AI.

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If The Word Of The Year Is Affordability, Affordability For Whom? Jan 10, 2026

While affordability for everyone is a political problem, affordability for 20-somethings is an existential problem. And over the past few years, the question of how the average young American can afford to live independently has become a head-scratcher.

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All I Want For Christmas Is… More Time On The Exam Dec 20, 2025

Higher education’s maximally inclusive approach to disability is resulting in a two-speed student population. It’s a short-term, short-sighted strategy that’s destabilizing an already shaky system.

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The Spirit Of Radio Dec 6, 2025

Colleges have a vital interest in expanding the range of student-run businesses so students can accomplish something tangible as a team. That’s more powerful preparation for career launch than another class or two and a damn sight better than consulting and banking clubs.

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Can Schools Survive AI? Nov 22, 2025

In the age of AI, the bill for keeping kids in schools into their early and mid-20s – mostly separate from adults – is becoming prohibitive.

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