Colleges Should Teach the Job Search
“I have applied to 100 jobs and have heard back only rejections or no response.” Have you ever had this conversation with a distressed young adult or even experienced it…
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Legal Trouble on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The Los Angeles Film School is caught up in a scandal over its alleged efforts to trick students into believing that its graduates do extraordinarily well in the Hollywood job…
Job Training and the Liberal Arts
Martin Center: How did this working group and report come to exist? Toby King: Last year, Peter Hans, UNC System president, approached the faculty assembly and said, “I feel that…
Another Return-On-Investment Boost
If one thing has become clear in the last decade, it is that not all college degrees are created equal. Rather than simply attending any college and getting any degree,…
Selling Dreams, Not Reality
Choosing a college major is a life-altering decision, made millions of times a year by 18-year-olds with little exposure to higher education or labor markets. Colleges frame programs in terms…
Are Gen Z’s Degrees a “Waste”?
For decades, the attainment of a four-year degree has been considered an essential aspect of the American experience. Every year, mere months after completing high school, millions of young graduates…
The Case for Higher-Ed “Co-Op” Programs
Like many students, I waited months after graduation before receiving a job offer. Why this delay for many of the nation’s recent graduates? The answer, in part, is that most…
Is Standardized Testing Good or Bad?
Should colleges and universities—especially those regarded as elite—use the scores students earned on standardized tests in making admissions decisions? That has been a heated subject of debate for several decades.…
Pick a College and Graduate
The rising cost of college has been a serious issue in recent decades. Students everywhere are trying out different strategies as a result. Some are deciding not to go to…
Can North Carolina Make Good on Its Skills-Based-Hiring Promises?
In March of 2023, Gov. Roy Cooper issued Executive Order 278, designed to lower degree-related barriers to entry for state-government jobs in North Carolina. A year and a half later,…