What AI Can’t Do

The case for the liberal arts just got a lot stronger.

The Value of Critical Thinking: Humanities in a Technological Era

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.

The real crisis is the collapse of undergraduate interest in the humanities.

Unlike their STEM peers, Black and white humanities graduates earn about the same. How did that happen?

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