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11 issues sent, May 1, 2026 through August 9, 2026

August 9, 202612 stories
Workforce Pell Opened With $1 Billion Behind It. One Program Has Qualified
States are hitting a data wall on Workforce Pell, plus twelve more workforce and higher-ed signals worth reading this weekend.
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July 24, 202613 stories
The First-Destination Data Gap Is Becoming a Funding Risk
Why first-destination surveys are becoming a funding risk, plus thirteen workforce and higher-ed signals worth reading this weekend.
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July 17, 202613 stories
Why Confidence in College Fell From 57% to 38%
Why confidence in college fell from 57% to 38%, plus 13 workforce and higher-ed signals worth reading this weekend.
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July 3, 202612 stories
How Schools Can Tap Into Workforce Pell
Workforce Pell is open now. Here are the freshest workforce and higher-ed signals worth reading this weekend.
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June 26, 202615 stories
AI Job Applications and the Authenticity Gap
AI is making polished applications cheap. Authenticity is becoming the signal employers trust, plus this week’s workforce reads.
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June 19, 20268 stories
AI Is Killing the Premium on Average Work
AI is killing the premium on average work. Here are the workforce signals worth reading this weekend.
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June 12, 202618 stories
The Internship Bottleneck Is an Experience Gap Problem
The internship shortage is real. Schools are still solving it the wrong way.
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May 29, 202618 stories
Career Services AI: Access Drives Engagement
Career services AI works when it removes friction from the first step, so more students actually engage.
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May 22, 202620 stories
Career Outcomes Are Infrastructure
Career outcomes are no longer a side office. Schools that still treat them that way are going to feel it in enrollment, outcomes, and compliance pressure.
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May 8, 202612 stories
95% of Students Already Use AI. Only 26% of Universities Have a Policy for It
95% of students already use AI. Only 26% of universities have a policy governing it. Here's what that gap actually costs.
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May 1, 202612 stories
Harvard's Two-Year Study: Students Aren't Missing Skills. They're Missing Someone to Guide Them
Harvard just proved it's not a skills gap. It's a navigation gap. Here's what that means for every career services team in the country.
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Every issue of the Workforce Wire

Workforce Pell Opened With $1 Billion Behind It. One Program Has Qualified

The First-Destination Data Gap Is Becoming a Funding Risk

Why Confidence in College Fell From 57% to 38%

How Schools Can Tap Into Workforce Pell

AI Job Applications and the Authenticity Gap

AI Is Killing the Premium on Average Work

The Internship Bottleneck Is an Experience Gap Problem

Career Services AI: Access Drives Engagement

Career Outcomes Are Infrastructure

95% of Students Already Use AI. Only 26% of Universities Have a Policy for It

Harvard's Two-Year Study: Students Aren't Missing Skills. They're Missing Someone to Guide Them

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