Why Professors Fear the Future

Academic life has barely changed in 40 years. Why? The faculty likes it that way.

Are You Building Something?

An interview with Marshall Ganz on what the social sector gets wrong about power and structural change

Launch Event for Learning Society’s –Future is Now– Report

Feb 4, 2026 09:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Who is responsible for Americans’ lifelong employability?

Mitchell Stevens recently spoke with Julian Alssid and Kaitlin LeMoine about the future of work and learning for the Work Forces podcast. It's a great listen around the need to transition from a schooled society that centers early-life classroom experiences and academic credentials, to a learning society that recognizes human talent grows everywhere across the entire arc of lengthening lives.

CENTURY SUMMIT VI

February 17 - 18, 2026 Stanford University + Virtual

The Future of Education/Workforce Collaboration: In Dialogue with Annelies Goger

Dr. Annelies Goger is an economic geographer and fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her recent research has focused on the future of work and how to cultivate human-centered approaches to policy design that drive economic opportunity...