universities can’t be fixed
They’re mis-staffed, have an unchanging culture, and are just too big.
my daughter’s first driving lesson
How my daughter’s first driving lesson shows that our 19-year-old pega6 grads will run circles around 22-year-old college grads.
employers want cake; universities keep sending flour & sugar
Universities are the worst bakers ever.
debunking college myths #6: college is about students finding their path
Christopher Columbus had a better idea of where he was going than college students do.
education is a supply chain, not a pipeline
Education shouldn’t just transport students from the beginning to the end. It should all value along the way.
edtech doesn’t fail by accident; it fails by design
Edtech is a graveyard of startups and the VCs who invest in them.
one metric to rule them all
Who cares about accreditation or US News & World Report rankings. There’s only one metric that matters for higher ed . . .
treating students as the product is the best thing you can do for them
Universities see students as their customers. They’re wrong.
in the ai age, our savings will fund our re-skilling
Soon we’ll no longer save for retirement. We’ll save to fund our “career cycles,” and we’ll need a new kind of higher ed to do it.
what higher ed for the ai age looks like
What would higher ed look like if someone built it for the AI Age? It would look like pega6. Duh.
cometh the product builder
Want to know what this new-fangled Product Builder role is all about?! Well, just deposit $0.50 into your USB-C port to learn more!
debunking college myths #5: college’s real value is the network you build
Colleges should get credit for the network you build there in the same way that the Sun should. Just because they’re there when it happens doesn’t mean they’re the cause.
debunking college myths #4: college teaches social skills
We don’t consider keg stands to be “socialization.”
debunking college myths #3: college creates well-rounded human beings
Not only do universities fail to produce well-rounded graduates, but they were never designed to.
are 19-year-olds mature enough for the workforce?
22-year-old college grads certainly aren’t mature enough. but pega6’s 19-year-old grads most definitely are.
ai isn’t replacing entry-level hires . . . at least not in the way you think
It’s not that AI is great. It’s that college grads aren’t.
debunking college myths #2: college builds soft skills
Learning to make friends isn’t the same as learning to write a professional email.
debunking college myths #1: college develops critical thinking skills
Critical thinking is a structured intellectual framework comprised of concrete disciplines, not literary criticism or philosophical pontification.