As AI Skills Keep Changing, Some Colleges Bet on Learning on the Job
The California Community Colleges and UNC System are testing whether paid apprenticeships and longer-term internships can help students prepare for an AI-driven workforce.
Are We Sending Young People False Signals About Their Futures?
As AI disrupts the labor market, students and young workers need us to be able to say that we don’t yet know what the future of work looks like.
AI Isn’t Permanently Killing Entry-Level Tech Jobs—But It Is Forcing Us to Rebuild the On-Ramps
As old paths to expertise erode, education and tech leaders must build new learning models that help young software engineers develop the judgment that an AI-enabled world demands.
Raising the Floor
QuikTrip and Costco show that companies can thrive with better pay, benefits, and schedules for workers. Also, how wage boards can lift up the care economy, Metallica’s expanding scholars’ program…
To Metallica, the Trades Are Hardcore
The heavy metal band runs a novel scholars program, now at 90 institutions, focused on educating young people in the trades.
The Credential-Tech and Skills-Tech Market Has a Transparency Problem
We need better benchmarks and transparency in workforce and credentialing technology.
The $5.7B Staffing Cost Companies Aren’t Talking About
Manufacturers spend billions on temporary workers. Workforce programs can compete directly with traditional staffing agencies—and win.
Local Talent
A California program seeks to shrink primary care deserts by building a clear path from community college to medical school and then back home again. Also, practical advice for state…
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