In New America’s survey, 91% of students list improving employment opportunities as a top reason for attending college. It’s time we listen to them. This means tuition resets, job-ready curriculum, shorter degrees, and partnerships to connect job seekers with growing industries—particularly ones that accommodate remote working opportunities.

We’ve recently had this big debate over whether or not college loans should be forgiven. The conversation has all been around “is it fair to burden kids with so much debt or is it fair to effectively punish the people who repaid their loans?” I think both of those are besides the point. The real issue is that the value proposition of going to coll

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Like mass media and mass commerce, the average university is on the brink of collapse. Its structure is a rotting legacy of the Industrial Age. For years, anybody who wanted to learn on their own lacked the means to do so. Now, anybody with an internet connection has access to information. Harvard and Stanford will be okay, but dark days are ahead ... See more