World Economic Forum: “The Future of Jobs”
September 15, 2017
Disruptive changes to business models will have a profound impact on the employment landscape over the coming years. Many of the major drivers of transformation currently affecting global industries are expected to have a significant impact on jobs, ranging from significant job creation to job displacement, and from heightened labour productivity to widening skills gaps. In many industries and countries, the most in-demand occupations or specialties did not exist 10 or even five years ago,…
Read more“World Economic Forum: What are the 21st Century Skills Every Student Needs?”
The gap between the skills people learn and the skills people need is becoming more obvious, as traditional learning falls short of equipping students with the knowledge they need to thrive, according to the World Economic Forum report New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and Emotional Learning Through Technology. Today’s job candidates must be able to collaborate, communicate, and solve problems – skills developed mainly through social and emotional learning (SEL). Combined with traditional skills, this…
Read moreThe Chronicle of Higher Education: Now Everyone’s an Entrepreneur
Colleges are teaching undergraduates how to be self-starters. But what does that really mean? Colleges are turning to entrepreneurship education to produce work-ready graduates and next-generation innovators through experiential learning… Read the article here.
Read moreHow to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
July 10, 2020
by Julie Lythcott-Haims In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing…
Read moreExcerpt from “John Stuart Mill: Autobiography”
May 27, 2021
Originally posted in our May 2021 Top of Mind Newsletter. I never, indeed, wavered in the conviction that happiness is the test of all rules of conduct, and the end of life. But I now thought that this end was only to be attained by not making it the direct end. Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others,…
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