NEWS AND VIEWS

Explore insights, conversations and resources from the doers and thinkers
who are bringing a learning society into existence.

INSIGHTS

Learning Throughout The Life Course: In Dialogue with Gary Officer

Gary Officer of CWI Labs discusses the value older Americans bring to the workforce and why institutions need to realign incentives around lifelong learning rather than schooling alone.

New research: How understanding skill relevance can drive smarter human capital development

Learning Throughout The Life Course: In Dialogue with David Soo

Learning Throughout The Life Course: In Dialogue with Katie Caves

WHAT WE’RE READING

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

High Schools Need a New Model for a New Economy

What We're Reading

Career-connected learning, not just college readiness, will prepare students for jobs that keep shifting.

Traditional labor market data isn’t keeping up with jobs in the ‘frontier economy’

What We're Reading

Current debates about AI and the labor market overwhelmingly focus on job losses. If you’re a student of history, this might seem counterintuitive: You’ve likely heard the argument that new technologies historically create more new jobs on net than they destroy.

AI and American Workers

What We're Reading

The cost of work AI does is falling as coding output rises.

Workforce in motion: Skills and pathways to future jobs in the United States

What We're Reading

AI, automation, and broader structural trends are accelerating the reallocation of work across the US economy. Capturing its benefits requires developing new professional pathways and skills, and reducing barriers between declining and growing occupations.

AI and education: A watershed moment for MIT

What We're Reading

It’s rare that a successful institution has to take a fresh look at many aspects of its mission. But I’m convinced that the opportunities and risks generative AI poses for our model of education and research now constitute such a watershed for MIT – and for all of higher education.

One Million Apprentices, Two Years to Go

What We're Reading

Ambitious apprenticeship goals meet slowing growth and limited new funding.