{"id":95697,"date":"2025-05-31T16:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95697"},"modified":"2025-05-31T16:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:57:47","slug":"our-education-sector-urgently-needs-scalable-solutions-to-help-students-navigate-a-disappearing-career-ladder-and-quickly-salisbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/05\/31\/our-education-sector-urgently-needs-scalable-solutions-to-help-students-navigate-a-disappearing-career-ladder-and-quickly-salisbury\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Our education sector urgently needs scalable solutions to help students navigate a disappearing career ladder &#8212; and quickly.&#8221; [Salisbury]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7333889186019643479\" width=\"504\" height=\"1400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/campustechnology.com\/articles\/2025\/05\/21\/report-93-of-students-believe-gen-ai-training-belongs-in-degree-programs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Report: 93% of Students Believe Gen AI Training Belongs in Degree Programs<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The vast majority of today&#8217;s college students \u2014 93% \u2014 believe generative AI training should be included in degree programs,<\/strong> <\/span>according to a recent Coursera report. What&#8217;s more, 86% of students consider gen AI the most crucial technical skill for career preparation, prioritizing it above in-demand skills such as data strategy and software development. And 94% agree that microcredentials help build the essential skills they need to achieve career success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">For its<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/enterprise\/resources\/ebooks\/micro-credentials-report-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microcredentials Impact Report 2025<\/a>,<\/strong> Coursera surveyed more than 1,200 learners and 1,000 employers around the globe to better understand the demand for microcredentials and their impact on workforce readiness and hiring trends.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrdive.com\/news\/employer-eliminate-degree-requirements-2025\/748998\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>1 in 4 employers say they\u2019ll eliminate degree requirements by year\u2019s end<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from hrdive.com by Carolyn Crist<br \/>\n<em>Companies that recently removed degree requirements reported a surge in applications, a more diverse applicant pool and the ability to offer lower salaries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A quarter of employers surveyed said they will remove bachelor\u2019s degree requirements for some roles by the end of 2025,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.resumetemplates.com\/2-in-5-hiring-managers-say-gen-z-should-prioritize-gaining-experience-over-a-degree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to a May 20 report<\/a>\u00a0from Resume Templates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In addition, 7 in 10 hiring managers said their company looks at relevant experience over a bachelor\u2019s degree while making hiring decisions.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nIn the survey of 1,000 hiring managers, 84% of companies that recently removed degree requirements said it has been a successful move. Companies without degree requirements also reported a surge in applications, a more diverse applicant pool and the ability to offer lower salaries.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2025\/05\/why-ai-literacy-is-now-a-core-competency-in-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Why AI literacy is now a core competency in education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from weforum.org by Tanya Milberg<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wef-1cws6pr\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"wef-9heu1b\">Education systems must go beyond digital literacy and embrace AI literacy as a core educational priority.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wef-9heu1b\">A new AI Literacy Framework (AILit) aims to empower learners to navigate an AI-integrated world with confidence and purpose.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wef-9heu1b\">Here&#8217;s what you need to know about the AILit Framework &#8211; and how to get involved in making it a success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Also from Allison Salisbury, see:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:share:7334283197905592322\" width=\"504\" height=\"1209\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also relevant\/see: Report: 93% of Students Believe Gen AI Training Belongs in Degree Programs &#8212; from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly The vast majority of today&#8217;s college students \u2014 93% \u2014 believe generative AI training should be included in degree programs, according to a recent Coursera report. What&#8217;s more, 86% of students consider gen AI the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,387,174,115,302,112,823,324,343,347,32,210,177,533,71,37,36,35,178,3,62,855,480,66,50,188,321,214,367,253,299,824,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-business","category-career-development","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-corporate-business-world","category-credentialing","category-curriculum","category-education","category-education-reform","category-education-technology","category-emerging-technologies","category-expectations","category-experimentation","category-faculty-staff","category-future","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-generational-differences","category-higher-education","category-online-learning","category-skills","category-society","category-student-related","category-teaching-learning","category-teaching-online","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning","category-workplace","category-xr-extended-reality","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95697"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95708,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95697\/revisions\/95708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}