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The Biden administration is wrong to paint all for-profit colleges with same brush
The last four years of the Biden administration have been brutal for for-profit education. With four-year college enrollment on the decline, the Biden administration's higher education legacy will be marred by its wrongful attacks and misunders...
The Future Of Work Is Already Here
With AI's job destruction tsunami headed toward global business, CEOs should waste no time leading the 'Great Retraining.'
Technological utopia notwithstanding, the threat of AI-fueled job loss has become an increasingly ominousâ€...
Many Older Adults Lack Financial Security: What Can We Do?
America is grappling with a significant shift that endangers the financial stability of its older adults. As private industry transitioned from employer-managed defined benefit pensions to self-directed defined contribution programs, many Baby Bo...
Politicizing ESG Investment Strategy Undermines Its Legitimacy
Political populism poses a fundamental threat to ESG investing, with laws being passed and battles being fought in multiple states that would...
Jennifer Schwab: President Joe Biden's student debt relief is another blow to meritocracy and personal responsibility
The unilateral decision by President Joe Biden's administration to forgive student loan debt may help win the presidential election come November, but it's at a steep cost to the rest of us. The half-baked loan forgiveness program is driving a cult...
Gen Zers Are Coming of Age. How These Risk Lovers Will Change Investing.
In just 10 short years, America's 70 million Gen Z-ers are expected to be the country's biggest age cohort. Ge...
Can You Tell a 'Finfluencer' From a Flimflammer?
A large number of Gen Z investors are forgoing the traditional analytical approach to markets and instead turning to guidance from a multitude of "...
Liberal arts colleges must embed career services throughout campus life
Colleges are facing a crisis of faith: high costs, the emergence of artificial intelligence, and a range of other issues threaten to make the prospect of higher education less appealing to students. Part of the solution to reestablishing trust an...
How universities can prepare graduates for an AI-driven world
When the AI-powered ChatGPT made its big debut, higher education leaders naturally questioned how their students would use high-tech tools like it to write essays and research papers for class.
Just a short time later, we know thatâ€...
COVID's Reckoning is Coming to College This Fall
Colleges, brace yourself: the class of 2024 is going to be unlike anything we've seen previously.
These students who will be matriculating in the fall are the result of a highly disrupted and unusual high school experience. They we...
Here's How to Help First Generation Students
As anyone who's raised a high school student could tell you, the college application process can be a nightmare of deadlines, stress, and unimaginable paperwork. This anxiety is almost always compounded for first-generation students, as Samanth...
Apprenticeships kickstart students' careers with work outside the classroom
Apprenticeships are getting a makeover.
Companies are increasingly partnering with universities to create a hybrid educational experience that combines life skills with classroom learning. This equips students with the knowledge and t...
What To Do As the Market For Tech Workers Softens
The outlook in the IT job market dimmed markedly in a few short months, turning from hot to cold in what could be termed a figurative eye blink.
The dynamic and rapidly evolving market landscape is creating no end of anxiety among tho...
Let's Rethink College Orientation
In an era where the very foundations of free speech and intellectual inquiry on campus are facing unprecedented challenges, the importance of reimagining how we onboard students into college cannot be overstated.
These first steps in...
Tempted To Cancel Your Firm's Internship Program? Think Again
Technology companies large and small are conducting layoffs as higher interest rates dampen demand for their products. Furthermore, they’ve gone into conservative mode, prompted by threats posed to their business model by the promise of artificial intelligence. But the paring back or zeroing out of internships may be the worst response to these headwinds.
What's All The Buzz About Belonging In The Workplace?
Without it, you will struggle needlessly with underperformance and talent retention. Try these strategies to build the right culture.
Most companies have adopted policies around DEI-diversity, equity and inclusion-although the effectivenes...
Make Your Training Programs Go Viral
You don’t have to bore your staff. Dramatically altering how your cohort embraces future training sessions is as simple as making them highly interactive and adaptable to the realities and practices of the workplace.
Adam Weinberg: Here's some essential advice for freshmen from a university president
Members of America's college Class of 2027 will soon begin four critical years of their lives. I'm a university president who's about to preside over my 11th incoming class, and there are a few things I think every first-year student should...
Higher Ed Alert: Companies Looking for This One Thing
It is higher education's responsibility to ensure their students are ready to be productive in the work environment.
Companies that want to develop talent look for a range of hard and soft skills in prospective employees. But thereâ...
It's Time to Re-Imagine the Performance Review
Performance reviews have an image problem. Currently, "performance review" is right up there with "root canal" and "tax audit" as things that people dread. But with a little bit of retooling, managers can turn performance reviews into...