Cory Doctorow Is Making Peace with AI

The tech maven is hip to the manic circular financing behind AI but isn’t freaked out about it being an existential threat.

An AI Crash Is Coming. What Then?

Risky financial maneuvers and mountains of debt mean the AI economy is in trouble, says Vanderbilt’s Asad Ramzanali. America needs to get ready.

Why are big tech products getting worse and worse? The critic has some answers about the origins of “enshittification.”

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