RETHINK LEARNING

Schools and workplaces are built on an outdated idea: that education primarily happens in the first 25 years of life. But we now live and work longer and can anticipate changing jobs and careers many times. To ensure that our longer lives are prosperous, healthy, and enjoyable,

WE’RE BUILDING A FUTURE IN WHICH EVERYONE CAN LEARN AND GROW THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES;

where all kinds of learning count, not just college degrees; and where all who benefit from a skilled and resilient workforce invest in sustaining it.

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Young People Are Falling Behind, but Not Because of AI

The case that AI is already stealing young people’s jobs is based on a statistical mirage.

Why College Graduates Feel Betrayed

Their anger goes far beyond the recent rise of unemployment and the looming threat of A.I.

ScalingWork-Based Learning: A Framework for Effective Employer Intermediaries

Work-based learning experiences, including internships, co-ops, and apprenticeships, provide employers with access to emerging talent and allow learners to build valuable skills through hands-on work. These experiences are increasingly of interest to both K-12 and postsecondary education systems as they strengthen individuals’ ties to the labor market, helping to prevent underemployment and unemployment, and are critical to building a workforce that can drive a globally competitive economy.

Disney’s New CEO and the Rise of “Experience Intelligence”

As organizations today confront trust, engagement, and resilience challenges, leaders who have “experience intelligence” have a strategic advantage. These leaders focus less on controlling outcomes, and more on creating conditions where employees and customers feel seen, capable, and proud. They understand that designing experiences that people genuinely love—not merely like or respect—drive behavior, loyalty, and performance more reliably than incentives or pressure.

Public Colleges Are Finally Learning to Share

A new wave of state-level reform tests an old idea.

America Cannot Withstand the Economic Shock That’s Coming

Artificial intelligence is transforming work faster than our work force is adapting. Millions of Americans — from white collar to blue collar, entry level to executive — may soon find themselves jobless and without prospects. Leaders across the political spectrum and the private sector tell me this crisis is coming and there’s no obvious solution.

A new model for learning and work, incubated at Stanford

As we live longer lives and technologies like AI transform nearly every industry, the familiar presumption of a life course – go to school, work for several decades, then retire – is getting harder to sustain.

India Built the World’s Back Office. A.I. Is Starting to Shrink It.

Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse. The country is racing to adapt before it’s too late.

Broad-Access Institutions Could Lead Higher Ed’s AI Future. First, They Need Resources

AI is remaking higher education at extraordinary speed, upending long-standing assumptions about how students learn, how institutions operate, and how careers take shape. The stakes are high, especially for students who pursue higher education in order to advance economically...