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Career Preparation

What are colleges doing to prepare students for meaningful careers?

Our news, opinion, and advice stories touch explore the developments in career preparation.
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The Meaning of College-Educated
Should College Graduates Be AI Literate?
By Beth McMurtrie April 3, 2025
More institutions are saying yes. Persuading professors is only the first barrier they face.
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The Edge
The Discussion About ‘Skills’ in Higher Ed Is Very Complicated. Here’s Why.
Skills are increasingly billed as the new currency of the education-to-work pipeline. But what do they really mean?
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Words and Actions
Trump Administration Wants ‘AI Dominance’ But Lays Siege to Key Grant Agency
By Taylor Swaak March 28, 2025
Academics are sounding the alarm that staff reductions and anticipated budget cuts at the National Science Foundation are handicapping AI research and development.
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The Edge
How Students’ ‘Weird’ Interests Can Lead to a Sense of Purpose (and Jobs!)
It’s all about helping them see education as more than a hoop to jump through.
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The Edge
The Campus as Career Launchpad
How colleges can better connect students to what they need to help them start their working lives.
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Where Things Stand
Yes, the U. of Phoenix Sale Is Still Stalled
By Taylor Swaak March 14, 2025
Recent developments show the online for-profit is keeping its options open.
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Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Jobs
March 6, 2024
Watch On Demand: March 6, 2024 | 2 p.m. ET. At a time of rising tuition and fast-changing, uncertain career paths, does college still play a role? Watch On Demand a Virtual Forum on how to prepare students for the work force. With Support From Florida Atlantic University. Watch On Demand.
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Advice
5 Good Alternatives to a Faculty Career
By Alexander B. Joy February 25, 2025
What to tell your Ph.D. students about their nonacademic options.
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Accolades
Michigan State Junior Wins David W. Miller Award
By Chronicle Staff February 18, 2025
The $3,000 prize honors an outstanding Chronicle intern from the previous year.
Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, a Republican, at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.
Seeking 'Efficiency'
Utah Is Pushing Its Colleges to Cut Low-Enrolling Programs — With $60 Million at Stake
By Christa Dutton February 4, 2025
The state’s legislature has a plan to enact a statewide academic-program review in which campuses could earn millions in cut money back.
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