Details matter. Smart shoppers wouldn’t dream of buying a car or other big-ticket item without taking a close look at what they’re getting—gas mileage, safety, reliability. Education should be no exception.

But some people are getting the wrong message—the wrong advice, as it were—from those who misunderstand or misrepresent the importance of learning. There’s a rising tide of skepticism today about education beyond high school, and it has serious consequences, writes Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis in his latest column for Forbes.

When it comes to ChatGPT, colleges are still hammering out large-scale plans and policies governing how generative AI will be dealt with in operations, research, and academic programming. But professors have been forced more immediately to adapt their classrooms to its presence. Those adaptations vary significantly, depending on whether they see the technology as a tool that can aid learning or as a threat that inhibits it.

In this interview, professors describe their experiences with AI—and what they want to happen next.

Labor unions are experiencing a comeback moment in the United States, and community college partnerships with labor unions could unlock new avenues to support working adults in search of upskilling and reskilling as the job market changes.

A new brief from AFL-CIO's Working for America Institute offers insight on the role of organized labor in worker education and training, principles for effective partnerships between labor unions and community colleges, and examples of partnerships in action.