Career paths in the United States are becoming increasingly multi-track as workers blend traditional employment with project-based roles, micro-credential training, and cross-industry transitions. Companies are responding by valuing adaptable skills over rigid qualifications, leading to rapid growth in fields like data services, health support, green technologies, and digital operations. This shift is enabling Americans to…

Technology and AI sit at the heart of our fast-paced lives today. Think of the burgeoning e-commerce sector, for instance, where digital apps enable the quick delivery to home or office of items that a customer needs. As these realities grow more salient, a question worth reflecting on is: What does it mean to be…

In a nationwide survey, more than half of Gen Z students said they didn’t have enough information to choose the best path after high school. For business and community leaders, statistics like this are cause for concern. If our future workforce lacks direction and training in relevant skills, how can our economy thrive? At American…

The Donald Trump administration has widened its controversial “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” — offering U.S. colleges preferential federal funding in exchange for adopting conditions such as limiting international student enrolment, banning race or sex in hiring/admissions, freezing tuition and tightening free-speech safeguards — prompting elite institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology and…