Ben Wildavsky
@wildavsky.bsky.social
Author, The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections, from @PrincetonUPress. Host #HigherEdSpotlight podcast. Visiting fellow @HGSE.
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· Mar 20
Author and Reformer Kathleen deLaski on What a Different Higher Ed Future… | Ben Wildavsky
With traditional higher ed getting more scrutiny than ever in 2025, my latest #HigherEdSpotlight guest is Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College…
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New #HigherEdSpotlight podcast episode with Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College Anymore?"
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You may not be able to wrap up a good life, but the books in our "Inspiring Ideas for Living Well" gift guide offer abundant wisdom for someone to find a path to living well themselves.
Explore our selections and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
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#GiftGuide #ReadUP
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You may not be able to wrap up a good life, but the books in our "Inspiring Ideas for Living Well" gift guide offer abundant wisdom for someone to find a path to living well themselves.
Explore our selections and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#GiftGuide #ReadUP
Explore our selections and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/collections/...
#GiftGuide #ReadUP
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For @chronicle.com, @wildavsky.bsky.social, author of The Career Arts, spoke with Alexander C. Kafka about networking for college students:
Students’ New Imperative: Always Be Networking
The job market stinks and AI is gumming up application systems. So old-fashioned people skills are the new must-have asset.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For @chronicle.com, @wildavsky.bsky.social, author of The Career Arts, spoke with Alexander C. Kafka about networking for college students:
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After the pardons came the purge: The people who beat police officers and tried to block the democratic transfer of power were spared. The people who did their jobs by prosecuting them for their crimes were punished. Dan Barry @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge
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August 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
After the pardons came the purge: The people who beat police officers and tried to block the democratic transfer of power were spared. The people who did their jobs by prosecuting them for their crimes were punished. Dan Barry @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
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This is why I can't endorse the Manhattan Statement (a declaration about higher ed organized by Christopher Rufo of the Manhattan Institute), even though I share some of its goals. www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-manhatta...
A Manhattan Institute Manifesto Would Give this President Sweeping Power to Force University Compliance with Right-Wing Demands
The statement is selling a naked ideological agenda as a defense of campus free speech
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July 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is why I can't endorse the Manhattan Statement (a declaration about higher ed organized by Christopher Rufo of the Manhattan Institute), even though I share some of its goals. www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-manhatta...
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Tomorrow (May 5) at 11:30 am PDT: @wildavsky.bsky.social, author of The Career Arts, will be moderating @milkeninstitute.org's Global Conference 2025 panel, "Upskill Battle: The Race to Rewire America's Workforce."
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Panel - Upskill Battle: The Race to Rewire America's Workforce | Milken Institute
AI is already displacing entire sectors of American workers, from software engineers to music producers. But even in an age of machines, we will still need teachers, construction workers, airline…
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May 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tomorrow (May 5) at 11:30 am PDT: @wildavsky.bsky.social, author of The Career Arts, will be moderating @milkeninstitute.org's Global Conference 2025 panel, "Upskill Battle: The Race to Rewire America's Workforce."
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Kathleen deLaski recently appeared on @wildavsky.bsky.social's #HigherEdSpotlight podcast and spoke about her new book, WHO NEEDS COLLEGE ANYMORE? Listen to the conversation here: https://bit.ly/4hN3HEl
Author and Reformer Kathleen deLaski on What a Different Higher Ed Future Could Look Like
Podcast Episode · Higher Ed Spotlight · 03/20/2025 · 19m
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April 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Kathleen deLaski recently appeared on @wildavsky.bsky.social's #HigherEdSpotlight podcast and spoke about her new book, WHO NEEDS COLLEGE ANYMORE? Listen to the conversation here: https://bit.ly/4hN3HEl
New #HigherEdSpotlight podcast episode with Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College Anymore?"
Author and Reformer Kathleen deLaski on What a Different Higher Ed Future… | Ben Wildavsky
With traditional higher ed getting more scrutiny than ever in 2025, my latest #HigherEdSpotlight guest is Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College…
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March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New #HigherEdSpotlight podcast episode with Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College Anymore?"
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"[College] doesn’t serve the needs of many. There’s a reason only 38 percent of American adults have a degree." —Kathleen deLaski in an interview with @wildavsky.bsky.social for @washingtonmonthly.com https://bit.ly/3XhKOlo
Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly
Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.
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March 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"[College] doesn’t serve the needs of many. There’s a reason only 38 percent of American adults have a degree." —Kathleen deLaski in an interview with @wildavsky.bsky.social for @washingtonmonthly.com https://bit.ly/3XhKOlo
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For @washingtonmonthly.com, The Career Arts author @wildavsky.bsky.social spoke with Kathleen deLaski for her new book Who Needs College Anymore? and about how college isn’t right for everyone: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/20/w...
Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly
Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For @washingtonmonthly.com, The Career Arts author @wildavsky.bsky.social spoke with Kathleen deLaski for her new book Who Needs College Anymore? and about how college isn’t right for everyone: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/20/w...
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A new book asks how to make higher education not only more accessible but more applicable to Americans’ real lives. @wildavsky.bsky.social sits down with the author:
Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly
Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.
washingtonmonthly.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A new book asks how to make higher education not only more accessible but more applicable to Americans’ real lives. @wildavsky.bsky.social sits down with the author:
Great conversation w/Kathleen deLaski about her new book Who Needs College Anymore? for this @washingtonmonthly.com Q&A. She calls for a much more expansive definition of college, and better alternatives for “new majority learners” who haven’t been well-served by traditional higher ed.
Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly
Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.
washingtonmonthly.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Great conversation w/Kathleen deLaski about her new book Who Needs College Anymore? for this @washingtonmonthly.com Q&A. She calls for a much more expansive definition of college, and better alternatives for “new majority learners” who haven’t been well-served by traditional higher ed.
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It’s been 15 years since The Great Brain Race by @wildavsky.bsky.social published! Listen to his conversation with Alex Usher for The World of Higher Education about the progress and challenges in global higher education: worlded.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
The World of Higher Education | The Great Brain Race, 15 years later with Ben Wildavsky
Join Alex Usher on the World of Higher Education podcast as he revisits 'The Great Brain Race' with author Ben Wildavsky. They explore the book's thesis on globalization in higher education, the tr...
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February 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s been 15 years since The Great Brain Race by @wildavsky.bsky.social published! Listen to his conversation with Alex Usher for The World of Higher Education about the progress and challenges in global higher education: worlded.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
Was my take on higher ed globalization too optimistic when I published “The Great Brain Race” with @princetonupress.bsky.social 15 years ago? I argue that the principle of “free trade in minds” still holds in this fun video podcast with @alexusherhesa.bsky.social
#Podcast | This week on The World of Higher Education, join @alexusherhesa.bsky.social and @wildavsky.bsky.social as they talk about globalization in #HigherEd, trends in student and faculty mobility, global university rankings and the 'global war for talent'. Tune in: youtu.be/aABgTBr99xo
February 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Was my take on higher ed globalization too optimistic when I published “The Great Brain Race” with @princetonupress.bsky.social 15 years ago? I argue that the principle of “free trade in minds” still holds in this fun video podcast with @alexusherhesa.bsky.social
My Q&A with Nicholas Lemann in the new issue of @educationnext.bsky.social - the case for testing content over aptitude to promote mass access. Adapted from our recent #HigherEdSpotlight conversation.
Who Needs Harvard?
Higher education in the U.S. is so much more than its selective colleges—and can be fairer for so many more students
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February 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My Q&A with Nicholas Lemann in the new issue of @educationnext.bsky.social - the case for testing content over aptitude to promote mass access. Adapted from our recent #HigherEdSpotlight conversation.
My new essay in @chronicle.com's special report on experiential learning highlights innovative approaches to career preparation: collaboration with employers in 🇨🇦 Canada, lifelong learning in 🇸🇬 Singapore, degree-apprenticeships in 🇩🇪 Germany, and microcredentials in 🇳🇿 New Zealand. Feedback welcome!
Wildavsky CHE essay - 4 Lessons We Can Learn From Abroad.pdf
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January 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My new essay in @chronicle.com's special report on experiential learning highlights innovative approaches to career preparation: collaboration with employers in 🇨🇦 Canada, lifelong learning in 🇸🇬 Singapore, degree-apprenticeships in 🇩🇪 Germany, and microcredentials in 🇳🇿 New Zealand. Feedback welcome!
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Is there a trade off between going to college and gaining practical skills for a career? ⬇️🎧
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December 30, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Is there a trade off between going to college and gaining practical skills for a career? ⬇️🎧
@princetonupress.bsky.social #HigherEducation #AcademicSky
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Good to see my robust exchange with Ryan Craig about apprenticeships and degrees made the @educationnext.bsky.social top 20 for 2024. As I get more interested in degree-apprenticeship combinations, I actually think Ryan and I may be headed toward a cosmic convergence!
The Top 20 Education Next Articles of 2024: Lagging student achievement and the interventions that address it draw readers’ interest. bit.ly/402Rmpy
The Top 20 <em>Education Next</em> Articles of 2024
Lagging student achievement and the interventions that address it draw readers’ interest
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January 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Good to see my robust exchange with Ryan Craig about apprenticeships and degrees made the @educationnext.bsky.social top 20 for 2024. As I get more interested in degree-apprenticeship combinations, I actually think Ryan and I may be headed toward a cosmic convergence!
"Like the founders, we can be anti-elitists without falling into the trap of being anti-education." Great NYT piece by Michael Roth, president of @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
Opinion | How Higher Education Can Win America Back (Gift Article)
Jefferson believed in the egalitarian potential of education, and we should, too.
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December 27, 2024 at 9:32 PM
"Like the founders, we can be anti-elitists without falling into the trap of being anti-education." Great NYT piece by Michael Roth, president of @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
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Thanks to Ben Wildavsky for having me on his Higher Ed Spotlight to share what we're learning about how the #CHIPS and Science Act is spurring new #workforce partnerships between #industry and #highered around #emergingtech sectors.
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Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #scipol #STS
December 10, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Thanks to Ben Wildavsky for having me on his Higher Ed Spotlight to share what we're learning about how the #CHIPS and Science Act is spurring new #workforce partnerships between #industry and #highered around #emergingtech sectors.
Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #scipol #STS
Apple link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #scipol #STS
What will the incoming Trump administration mean for the CHIPS and Science Act? And how does this ambitious piece of industrial policy connect to higher ed + workforce development, anyway? Great season 3 finale #HigherEdSpotlight convo w/@shalinjyotishi.bsky.social. Full episode 👉 tiny.cc/tim0001 🎧
December 10, 2024 at 3:09 PM
What will the incoming Trump administration mean for the CHIPS and Science Act? And how does this ambitious piece of industrial policy connect to higher ed + workforce development, anyway? Great season 3 finale #HigherEdSpotlight convo w/@shalinjyotishi.bsky.social. Full episode 👉 tiny.cc/tim0001 🎧
New #HigherEdSpotlight episode with Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University. We covered WGU’s competency-based model + its move to degree apprenticeships w/acquisition of Craft Education. Timely during National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2024. Full episode here: 👉 tiny.cc/68cwzz 🎧
November 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
New #HigherEdSpotlight episode with Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University. We covered WGU’s competency-based model + its move to degree apprenticeships w/acquisition of Craft Education. Timely during National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2024. Full episode here: 👉 tiny.cc/68cwzz 🎧
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Hey #journalists, #filmmakers, #podcasters, #storytellers want support for longer-form products? @newamerica.bsky.social has a funding and professional development opportunity for you.
Apply to our National Fellows program by Feb 3!
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Apply to our National Fellows program by Feb 3!
www.newamerica.org/fellows/about/
November 15, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Hey #journalists, #filmmakers, #podcasters, #storytellers want support for longer-form products? @newamerica.bsky.social has a funding and professional development opportunity for you.
Apply to our National Fellows program by Feb 3!
www.newamerica.org/fellows/about/
Apply to our National Fellows program by Feb 3!
www.newamerica.org/fellows/about/
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Would love to see more folks on education, workforce, industrial policy, and science & tech beats apply this year. Help us share?
@insidehighered.bsky.social @chronicle.com @wired.com @laurahelmuth.bsky.social @weisenthal.bsky.social @wildavsky.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @inafried.bsky.social
@insidehighered.bsky.social @chronicle.com @wired.com @laurahelmuth.bsky.social @weisenthal.bsky.social @wildavsky.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @inafried.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Would love to see more folks on education, workforce, industrial policy, and science & tech beats apply this year. Help us share?
@insidehighered.bsky.social @chronicle.com @wired.com @laurahelmuth.bsky.social @weisenthal.bsky.social @wildavsky.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @inafried.bsky.social
@insidehighered.bsky.social @chronicle.com @wired.com @laurahelmuth.bsky.social @weisenthal.bsky.social @wildavsky.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @inafried.bsky.social
My new article for Work Shift on the growth of degree apprenticeships in Germany. From my new book-in-progress on what the U.S. can learn from education-to-workforce initiatives in a range of other countries. Reported as 2024 Writer in Residence at Salzburg Global Seminar. Feedback welcome!
Germany Jumps on Degree Apprenticeships
As vocational apprenticeships become less popular, more young Germans take the both/and path of pairing an applied-sciences degree with a new kind of apprenticeship.
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November 14, 2024 at 2:21 PM
My new article for Work Shift on the growth of degree apprenticeships in Germany. From my new book-in-progress on what the U.S. can learn from education-to-workforce initiatives in a range of other countries. Reported as 2024 Writer in Residence at Salzburg Global Seminar. Feedback welcome!
New #HigherEdSpotlight episode with @dynarski.bsky.social on the disastrous launch of the revamped FAFSA. We cover what went wrong, why Sue calls the results "heartbreaking" - and how a better path forward would be eliminating the FAFSA altogether. Full episode 👉 tiny.cc/1iyuzz 🎧
November 12, 2024 at 2:37 PM
New #HigherEdSpotlight episode with @dynarski.bsky.social on the disastrous launch of the revamped FAFSA. We cover what went wrong, why Sue calls the results "heartbreaking" - and how a better path forward would be eliminating the FAFSA altogether. Full episode 👉 tiny.cc/1iyuzz 🎧