The GSV Big 10: College for All, or College at All?
The GSV Big 10: College for All, or College at All?
Here's your weekly coverage corner for the top 10 stories, insights, and major plays in learning and skilling.
#1 ‘How Do I Do That?’ The New Hires of 2023 Are Unprepared for Work
As it turns out, the combination of remote learning and subjects like mechanical engineering has its shortcomings. The national crisis that is pandemic learning loss shows up in the workplace, too. Both standardized tests and soft skills reveal that students are 10% more behind than they were pre-pandemic. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity…
#2 Harvard will never be an engine of social mobility
As Larry Summers puts it, the important test for elite colleges in this era is their overall contribution to opportunity in America…that should be measured by excellence, not exclusivity. Expanding class sizes so that more can benefit from what they bring.
#3 VIDEO: Bloomberg Cornell Tech Series: Luis von Ahn, Co-founder & CEO of Duolingo
Duolingo’s mission is to make learning fun, free, and effective for anyone who wants to learn…and become a 100 year and $100 billion company in the process. They’ve made language learning addictive…math and music are up next.
#4 VIDEO: Classroom 2050: Unleashing AI, XR, Gaming
Technology is the most important deflationary force in the economy due to its exponential impact. The same is true for technology in education. Learning loss is an existential threat, but our best chance at fighting it is leveraging more tech, not less.
#5 Does College Accreditation Work?
Accreditors are an anachronistic way to assess higher education. Accreditors have pivoted to use their influence to promote progressive political objectives rather than effective academic performance. A national exit examination would be a better solution for making sure students are measured by what they know, not where they go.
#6 The college-going rate is down. Here’s hoping it falls even further.
We’ve gone from saying “college for all” to “college at all?” College readiness and college completion are the two critical inputs for the health of higher ed. The numbers demonstrate the need for a “college for all students who are ready to succeed in it” movement.
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
#7 A Less Cloistered Schoolhouse
Job-hoppers abound, but pivoting to teaching is exceedingly rare. Chief among the reasons for this is the costly and complicated licensure apparatus…which offers no assurance that the individual is actually ready for the job. Skilled engineers, mature journalists, and savvy staff sergeants ought to face fewer barriers when they take interest in leading our classrooms.
American Enterprise Institute - AEI
#8 Star, superstar and class act: Meet the sword of Davids
Classplus is the “weapons of the Davids,” empowering tutors to bring their content online. Today, over 50 million students are learning from the platform used by Classplus’ content creators, with 75% of students coming from Tier II and III India.
#9 Charter Communications To Offer Free College Tuition To All Full-Time Employees
Charter’s education benefit will give free college tuition to more than 101,000 Charter Communications employees at more than 300 online programs from 30 universities. Tuition-free college degrees create meaningful opportunities for career mobility for all. This is how you upskill and inspire a workforce.
#10 An Education Compromise for Pennsylvania
Faith-based charter schools could be the next chapter in Pennsylvania’s long history of education innovation. Faith-based charters would create financially sustainable seats that parents would be eager to fill, while being held to the rigorous application and approval process of charter schools.