What lands on our desks, and why we think it matters for the students we teach.
One of Europe’s largest banks now asks candidates for its 2027 graduate and intern programs to demonstrate how they use AI to “improve outcomes and efficiency,” listed alongside the degree requirement rather than instead of it. Santander has begun seeking “advanced AI users” as well. This is the case for a high school AI credential being made by the employers rather than by us.
Read at FTUnemployment among workers aged 22 to 34 who never finished college sits near a two-decade low, while new graduates face one of their worst markets in years. Read alongside the UBS piece, the two point the same direction: what a young person can demonstrate is starting to outrank what they enrolled in.
Read at WSJThe standing list our students and staff work through: founding documents, economics, and the case for self-reliance. Not a semester syllabus, a lifetime one.
Earlier picks, carried over from the list our team kept from 2023 through 2026.
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