This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many city and state leaders set lofty college attainment goals in preparation for the “future of work”—a phrase that describes the potential impact artificial intelligence (AI)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During his fourth year inside Fulton County, Georgia’s correctional system, Larry Jackson became the subject of an experiment in prison education. The facility needed more medical help, so it started training…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The average American farmer is nearly 60, and many are starting to eye retirement. As a result, a significant portion of U.S. farmland is expected to change hands in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many, the coronavirus pandemic was expected to last a few weeks, at most. Instead, after more than a year, it’s completely changed higher education in a way that will…
This paper presents new estimates of the effects of the City University of New York (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) model, evaluated using a randomized controlled trial first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Education Design Lab, a nonprofit that has pioneered digital badges for soft skills, is launching a platform for microcredentials. Called vsbl (pronounced: visible), it will let colleges embed eight badges covering interpersonal and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These students, about a thousand juniors and seniors, are collecting, analyzing and interpreting sets of data from their own lives. In the process, they are learning basic statistics and computer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research from California shows a sizable decline in applications for university financial aid during the first phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The trend among first-year college students has not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few weeks ago, ahead of a nor’easter that unleashed biting winds and snow across New England, Alyssa Washington, a high school senior who wants to be a nurse, made…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Undergraduate enrollment trends look bleak for colleges and universities, with another dire prediction ahead: a declining number of high school graduates. But the nation’s postsecondary institutions need not be victims of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even as the twin blows of a pandemic and a recession have slowed down the construction industry, B & I Contractors in Fort Myers, Florida, isn’t short of work. It…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coronavirus cases are trending downward across the U.S., but the emergence of several concerning variant strains has dampened some of the optimism about where the pandemic is heading. Public health…