Making Apprenticeships Part of Civic Infrastructure

The erosion of early work experience is widening inequality. A modern apprenticeship system could rebuild the first rung of the career ladder.

AI and the Sin of Sloth

Forget AI going haywire. The real problem is that it’s working as intended: making us lazier and less able to connect.

Often derided as worthless or a fast track to a lower income, the humanities promote the kind of critical thinking that’s needed even in an AI world.

A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.

by Bruno V. Manno

Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.

by Bruno V. Manno

High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.

by Jon Marcus

New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.

by Michael T. Nietzel