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Over the past few months, I’ve become a more avid follower and reader of essays published on Substack. A recent essay by Brendan McCord, You Are Not a Function, argues something that…
For nearly a decade, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published quarterly and annual reports on labor market outcomes for recent college graduates. A footnote to the most…
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about the value of a liberal arts education in the age of AI. Citing the importance of critical thinking, analytical reasoning, persuasive…
A recent Kenneth Whyte post I read cited a startling statistic: more than four million books were published in the U.S. in a single year. That figure, drawn from industry reporting,…
For more than a century, the American bachelor’s degree has been defined not by what students learn, but by how long they sit in classrooms. Thanks to the Carnegie Foundation’s…
When my twin daughters were recruited by colleges, they were advised to apply to the business school because it was harder to transfer into the business school once they were…
Parents are understandably anxious. Artificial intelligence is moving quickly. Tools that did not exist three years ago can now draft memos, analyze financial statements, generate computer code, design marketing campaigns,…
You would have to be a hermit, living a life removed from all forms of media and conversations with people, to be unaware of the multiple crises endangering institutions of…
I received a LinkedIn email notification from a good friend and former colleague last week. He asked me if I had seen a LinkedIn post from one of our former…
