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The irony is that in undertaking to combat systemic racism, colleges and universities have focused on external systems like policing, where they are not the prime racist mover. All the while, higher education’s own systems and traditions are the primary barrier keeping minority students from the most valuable programs.
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In the world’s most advanced economy, much of the workforce infrastructure we need is already built; we don’t have to build from scratch. In fact, building from scratch is not only a waste of resources and time we don’t have, but probably won’t work.
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The only way to ensure the AI war never turns hot is to sprint far ahead of China. The key to this is talent, and colleges and universities have a key role to play.
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In the past the answer to technology-assisted cheating has been new technologies. But we need more than that now. The most effective technology solutions also require business changes.
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For many well-heeled families who benefited from a broken admissions system, this year’s decisions may feel a bit more random, like putting it all on red.
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If progressives fail to make peace with the private sector, they’ll be damning Gen Z to a rinse-and-repeat doom loop of underemployment and student debt forgiveness.
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Digital credential apps will connect job seekers to employer hiring systems and transition the economy from pedigree- and degree-based hiring to skills-based hiring.
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Dr. Biden’s ascendence may be the best opportunity for community colleges to shirk subservience and shine as a distinct and equally important segment of American postsecondary education.
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There’s a reason these schools are failing: they’re failing students. So boundless nostalgia is not helpful.
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While modest reductions in friction for frontline employees may have been acceptable in less perilous times, 2020 calls for dramatic innovation. Like everything else this Christmas, that innovation is being delivered by Amazon.
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