Starting in the 1980s, tuition reimbursement became the talent development tool of choice among the Fortune 500 and the smaller companies that followed their lead. In this model, an employee could pursue an MBA or some other advanced degree, and...

Nearly every college and university in America takes turnover as a given, assuming that they will lose 10-20% of their student body after the freshman year.

"Not everyone is going to fit in," the thinking goes. The student is a ke...

Despite the best efforts and fervent hopes of managers and chief executives everywhere, the Great Resignation isn't over.

According to PWC's Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2022 study, at any given moment, 20 percent of wo...

Mention "hackathon" and the image that might come to mind is of a bunch of computer geeks competing to devise some brilliant yet obscure programming solution.

There's some truth to that, but the hackathon has come a long way from...

Nearly 3,000 four-year colleges and universities enroll students in America. Only about 25 of them have an admittance rate of 10% or less, which means that we're effectively letting the 1% dominate the conversation around higher education - a...

If you asked me about hiring in IT last year, and again today, my answers would have been vastly different.

This year, job markets are in flux and it's confusing for hiring managers and candidates alike. We hear about the massive l...

The layoffs just keep stacking up, raising fears that we're on the brink of a recession. Google-parent Alphabet let 12,000 people go, mere days after Microsoft and Amazon announced that they were slashing 10,000 and 18,000 jobs, respectively. T...

Free speech on college campus has emerged as a new front in the culture wars. But despite what you may have heard, most university students and faculty are supportive of free speech and the robust exchange of ideas on university campuses. Accordi...

There's nothing like the anticipation of a new hire, and the expectation of infusing fresh experience, talent and drive into your workforce. Too often, however, those expectations go unmet. The data has long made it clear that external hires co...

Colleges need to rethink how we prepare students for successful careers. The current approach is to provide some minimal support to students towards the end of their undergraduate years. Once students graduate, colleges and universities tradition...

Higher education is an expensive proposition in the United States, particularly for low- and moderate-income students and their families. We could argue about the cause of the affordability problem and cast blame in various directions, but let'...

It's that time of year when young people are consumed with stress about getting into college. High school seniors are ready to make final decisions, and juniors are getting started. As students and their parents decide where to apply and, ultim...

The past couple years have shown that learning in a fully remote environment leaves a lot to be desired compared with in-person learning. Among school-age students, for instance, remote learning has been associated with lower test scores and has...

In recent years, micro-credentials have gained popularity as a way for students and recent graduates to enhance their skills in specific areas and ready themselves for the job market. At the same time, an increasing number of companies are embrac...

CEOs must feel like remaking their workforces is a full-time job. Recent research shows that 60% of employers said new graduates were not adequately prepared for the workforce, while other research warns that 58% of workers will need new skills t...

When companies as widely recognized and well established as Boeing, Walmart, and IBM start moving in a similar direction on something, it's safe to say the idea has legs.

In this case, companies are looking towards skills-based hiri...

Are colleges spending money like drunken sailors and handing the bill to students and their families?

The Wall Street Journal thinks so, claiming that in a major recent story "Read More

There are too many men across the country struggling in college, dropping out of the workforce, and failing in their personal lives, particularly when compared to their female counterparts. This is pointed out quite clearly by author and scholar...

Ready or not, workplace artificial intelligence (AI) could be coming soon to you.

If employers want AI data to measure productivity, build efficiencies, better understand the talent you have and the skills gaps you need to close - a...

If your employees aren't picking up new skills as quickly and as thoroughly as you'd like, it may be time to have them play - or at least feel like they're playing.

More companies are integrating gaming into their learning, on...