In any other context, college would be considered fraudulent
When any other product fails to deliver on its promises, we call it what it is.
Over 40% of hiring managers wouldn’t consider hiring recent college graduates
Employers are sending a clear signal that a diploma alone no longer opens doors.
Why aren’t there university lemon laws?
If your $60k car doesn’t work, you get your money back . . . so why not your $60k degree?
Want-to-know vs. need-to-know
Here’s the most important framework you need for assessing the viability of an education startup.
Universities don’t HAVE TO charge outrageous tuition
Just because a university can charge whatever it wants doesn’t mean it should.
Universities are addicts
Tuition revenue is the fix universities can never quit, and it’s destroying everything they claim to stand for.
Optionality is a design flaw
Telling students they can be anything sounds inspiring until you realize nobody is helping them become something.
A single epiphany doesn't justify the cost of college
1 aha moment is not equal to $30,000 X 4.
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.