PPI - Radically Pragmatic
  • Donate
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Locations
    • Careers
  • People
  • Projects
  • Our Work
  • Events
  • Donate

Our Work

Manno for Forbes: Who Needs College Anymore? Creating The Experience First College

  • March 8, 2025
  • Bruno Manno

A New Book Describes The Experience First College

“For every employer I interviewed for this book, from the largest tech companies to smaller and medium size businesses in cities or rural American, the most important resume signal today for candidates to get hired is not where they went to college, or even whether they went to college, but their experience relevant to the role they’ll be asked to perform. And experts anticipate that this will become even more of a trend if artificial intelligence begins to eliminate more entry-level jobs,” writes Kathleen deLaski, author of the new book Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Don’t Matter.

The typical college degree does not provide graduates with the experience they need for the work role they will be asked to perform, creating an experience gap for graduates. DeLaski’s solution to this problem is an experience first model of college. This approach prepares students for jobs by integrating elements of what colleges traditionally offer with significant work experiences, especially for the career that interests the student.

Read more in Forbes.

Related Work

Press Release  |  May 23, 2025

PPI Statement: Supreme Court Decision is a Victory for Public Education

  • Will Marshall
Podcast  |  May 20, 2025

Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce, ft. Hans Meeder

  • Bruno Manno
Op-Ed  |  May 20, 2025

Kahlenberg for American Affairs: Renewing the Democratic Party

  • Richard D. Kahlenberg
Op-Ed  |  May 18, 2025

Manno for Forbes: How Are Teachers Today Thinking About Education?

  • Bruno Manno
Feature  |  May 12, 2025

Kahlenberg Q&A with Bloomberg: Liberals Should Focus on Class, Not Race

  • Richard D. Kahlenberg
Op-Ed  |  May 9, 2025

Weinstein Jr. for Forbes: College Closures (And Mergers) Will Accelerate Under President Trump

  • Paul Weinstein Jr.
  • Never miss an update:

  • Subscribe to our newsletter
PPI Logo
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Donate
  • Careers
  • © 2025 Progressive Policy Institute. All Rights Reserved.
  • |
  • Privacy Policy
  • |
  • Privacy Settings