Ben Wildavsky
@wildavsky
Author of "The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections" @PrincetonUPress. Host #HigherEdSpotlight. Visiting fellow @HGSE.
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"When it comes to college, let's not let the problems that exist lead us to overcorrect and steer students away from higher ed altogether." Ben Wildavsky Richard Whitmire Inside Higher Ed spr.ly/6016sibLe #HigherEd
New #HigherEdSpotlight episode w/Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors U.. We covered WGUโs competency-based model + its move to degree apprenticeships w/acquisition of Craft Education. Timely during National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2024. Full episode ๐ tiny.cc/68cwzz ๐ง
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 #HigherEdSpotlight convo w/Shalin Jyotishi. Full episode ๐tiny.cc/tim0001 ๐ง
An excellent, thorough analysis by Cathy Young ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฉ
"This new directorate is spurring some exciting opportunities for partnerships between #CommunityColleges and #HBCUs." ๐๏ธ To learn about the future of the CHIPS and Science Act, listen along to Shalin Jyotishi, the founder and managing director of our #FutureOfWork initiative.
Ben Wildvasky's #HigherEd Spotlight podcast has featured impressive leaders Eloy Ortiz Oakley Ethan Mollick, @UnderSecKvaal, ChristineCruzvergara, Dan Porterfield, Ryan Craig, Michael Crow etc Grateful to have shared our work at New America Ed. See all Ben's episodes: chegg.com/about/higher-eโฆ
"Like the founders, we can be anti-elitists without falling into the trap of being anti-education" - great NYT piece by Michael S Roth
Good to see my robust exchange with Ryan Craig made the Education Next 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!
My new essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education's special report on experiential learning highlights 4 lessons from abroad: collaboration with employers in ๐จ๐ฆ Canada, lifelong learning in ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore, degree-apprenticeships in ๐ฉ๐ช Germany, and microcredentials in ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand. Feedback welcome!
My Q&A with Nicholas Lemann in the new issue of Education Next - the case for testing content over aptitude to promote mass access. Adapted from our recent #HigherEdSpotlight conversation.
Was my take on higher ed globalization too optimistic when I published โThe Great Brain Raceโ with Princeton University Press 15 years ago? I argue the principle of โfree trade in mindsโ still holds in this fun video podcast with Alex Usher.
A new book asks how to make higher education not only more accessible but more applicable to Americansโ real lives. Ben Wildavsky sits down with the author: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/20/whoโฆ
Great conversation w/Kathleen deLaski about her new book โWho Needs College Anymore?โ for this Washington Monthly Q&A. She wants a broader definition of college + better alternatives for โnew majority learnersโ who havenโt been well-served by traditional higher ed. shorturl.at/6dnnj
Introducing our Opening and Closing Keynotes for the 2025 Polytechnic Showcase! Our Opening Keynote speaker, Niigaan Sinclair, is an award-winning Anishinaabe author and Indigenous Studies professor at the University of Manitoba who was named one of Canada's most influential
Introducing our Closing Keynote speaker for the 2025 Polytechnic showcase! Get ready to feel inspired by Ben Wildavsky, bestselling author, speaker and host of the Higher Ed Spotlight podcast who is presently serving as a visiting fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
New #HigherEdSpotlight episode with Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College Anymore?" tinyurl.com/2yv2p8c9
Ben Wildavsky is an award-winning author, speaker and higher education strategist, and now the closing keynote speaker at the 2025 Polytechnic Showcase! His recent book, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด: ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด,
Fantastic visit to Winnipeg to give a keynote to polytechnic leaders. Thanks for hosting me, Polytechnics Canada!
Missed Ben Wildavsky's closing keynote presentation at the 2025 Polytechnic Showcase? Informed by his latest book, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด: ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด & ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, Ben Wildavsky 's closing keynote
