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A school’s brand defines not only current future students, but also thousands of alumni who thought the deal with their alma mater was signed, sealed, and delivered. It was, of course, until David Geffen stepped forth with $7.9M per year.
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Just as Democrats have spent years using Green Jobs to mainstream the fight against climate change, jobs can help galvanize a Sputnik moment for cybersecurity.
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There is an edtech gap between America and China. But contrary to what you may have heard, America is winning.
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The ultimate legacy of America’s student loan debacle is college and university hiring and spending plans that benefit the quadrangle set who work there more than students.
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When faculty make up short-term credentials – i.e., certificates – they’re not stackable: they’re Sleestak-able. What’s the point of obtaining a made-up certificate employers don’t understand?
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Without a course correction, Lambda School is on its way to having a for-profit college problem (sans squandering of taxpayer dollars).
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There’s a reason community college enrollment is down by double digits this year. It’s not unaffordable tuition. It’s because too few community colleges have acknowledged that the economy has changed. While digital transformation has transformed the world of work, most community colleges don’t look much different than they did a generation ago.
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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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