NEWS AND VIEWS

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who are bringing a learning society into existence.

INSIGHTS

Learning Throughout The Life Course: In Dialogue with David Soo

David Soo is the former vice president of policy and engagement at Jobs for the Future (JFF), where he led key initiatives across JFF and JFFLabs focused on building external engagement and influence, including leadership of the Policy & Advocacy team. Soo’s experience across the policy and philanthropic space gives him a unique vantage point on the future of learning — and why it demands closer collaboration across sectors.

Learning Throughout The Life Course: In Dialogue with Katie Caves

Learning Throughout The Life Course: In Dialogue with Faye and Avanish Sahai

Scaling Workforce Development to Meet the AI Moment: What You Need To Know

WHAT WE’RE READING

Thought-provoking articles, reports, and ideas shaping our work right now.

Getting in the Front Door in the Age of AI: Policies to Help Early-Career Workers

What We're Reading

Rachel Lipson discusses how a lot of the AI policy debate uses the China trade shock as a key analogy. But if an AI disruption hits young workers the hardest initially, she worries that looking at manufacturing job loss might not be the right model...

Can America retrain workers before AI leaves them behind?

What We're Reading

Success will require investing in employees as seriously as America invests in chips

Will AI Break the University?

What We're Reading

Field Notes from a Tough Year

Higher Ed’s Big Restructuring: Adapting to the Era of the Modern Learner

What We're Reading

The challenge is not any one force in isolation. Demographic shifts are shrinking the traditional college-going population just as learners of all ages are demanding more affordable, flexible and career-connected pathways. Artificial intelligence is reshaping the skills students need and how institutions deliver value—all while sweeping federal policy changes are altering the rules of the game. This report examines the economic, regulatory, technological and demographic forces pushing the sector past mere recalibration of a familiar model.

The New Students at This Liberal Arts College Are in Their 80s

What We're Reading

Baby boomers and the silent generation are attending classes at Goucher, part of a partnership meant to offset a steep decline in enrollment

The Apprenticeship Wish List

What We're Reading

Apprenticeships are growing. But experts say that without more funding, updated laws and better data, the U.S. is still far from the system they know is possible.