{"id":220735,"date":"2025-09-12T11:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220735\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:24:13","slug":"as-ai-reduces-new-grad-hiring-apprenticeships-will-become-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220735\/","title":{"rendered":"As AI Reduces New Grad Hiring, Apprenticeships Will Become Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1980s, there was New Wave music, then there was <a href=\"https:\/\/clubdevo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/clubdevo.com\/\" aria-label=\"Devo\">Devo<\/a>. Five men in hazmat suits with flower pots on their heads who played and moved in an unsettlingly mechanical manner, Devo stood out in a sea of bad haircuts. Musically, the band was best known for the hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j_QLzthSkfM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j_QLzthSkfM\" aria-label=\"Whip It\">Whip It<\/a>, and \u2013 a few decades later \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tl2T_dbOO8Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tl2T_dbOO8Y\" aria-label=\"Don\u2019t Roof Rack Me, Bro\">Don\u2019t Roof Rack Me, Bro<\/a> about Presidential candidate Mitt Romney\u2019s questionable decision to bring the family dog on a road trip by strapping him to the roof.<\/p>\n<p>Devo, the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/82052197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/82052197\" aria-label=\"new documentary\">new documentary<\/a> on Netflix, was intentionally controversial, saying things like \u201cthe band never said they didn\u2019t like religion or didn\u2019t care for Christianity, they just said they would rather have cancer,\u201d and \u201cwe\u2019re basically a musical laxative for a constipated society.\u201d But it wasn\u2019t entirely a joke. When asked by an interviewer \u201cwhat would make you all happy,\u201d Devo responded with as much sincerity as they could muster: \u201cWe want people movers like they have at Disneyland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757676253_646_960x0.jpg\" alt=\"Music File Photos 1980's\" data-height=\"2028\" data-width=\"3000\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Growing up in the 50s, band members were promised people movers and flying cars. What they got in the 60s was Vietnam and Kent State \u2013 Devo\u2019s co-founders were at Kent State in 1970 when the National Guard shot and killed four student protesters \u2013 followed by wanton abandonment of those ideals in the 70s and 80s. So before it was a band, Devo (short for de-evolution) was a homespun philosophy: contrary to appearances, humans are actually moving backwards. Hence Devo\u2019s first album: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5skIcMzlq6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5skIcMzlq6s\" aria-label=\"Are we not men? We are Devo!\">Are we not men? We are Devo!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No one really knows what the future holds. Not 1950s futurists like Walt Disney. Not Devo which \u2013 to promote their 1981 album <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DEVO\/status\/1430607812334325763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/DEVO\/status\/1430607812334325763\" aria-label=\"New Traditionalists\">New Traditionalists<\/a> \u2013 wore plastic wigs modeled on JFK\u2019s hairstyle, but which were widely confused for Ronald Reagan\u2019s bad haircut.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true of AI prognosticators. AI predictions are all over the place. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/ai-2027.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/ai-2027.com\/\" aria-label=\"AI 2027 scenario\">AI 2027 scenario<\/a> from the AI Futures Project predicts our extermination in five years, two Princeton researchers argue there\u2019s no cause for alarm because <a href=\"https:\/\/knightcolumbia.org\/content\/ai-as-normal-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/knightcolumbia.org\/content\/ai-as-normal-technology\" aria-label=\"AI is a normal technology\">AI is a normal technology<\/a> subject to a range of time-tested safety mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>Debates over extermination of entry-level jobs are no less heated. For every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/51321513\/artificial-intelligence-could-radically-reshape-entry-level-jobs-in-the-near-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/51321513\/artificial-intelligence-could-radically-reshape-entry-level-jobs-in-the-near-future\" aria-label=\"Dario Amodei\">Dario Amodei<\/a> (Anthropic\u2019s CEO) who believes AI could replace half of all entry-level jobs, there\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/the-dumbest-thing-ive-ever-heard-aws-ceo-slams-plans-for-ai-to-replace-junior-human-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/the-dumbest-thing-ive-ever-heard-aws-ceo-slams-plans-for-ai-to-replace-junior-human-workers\" aria-label=\"Matt Garman\">Matt Garman<\/a> (AWS\u2019s CEO) who says that\u2019s the \u201cdumbest thing\u201d he\u2019s ever heard. So let\u2019s summarize the arguments on each side.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Even before AI, as Wharton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/managing-the-future-of-work\/podcast\/Pages\/podcast-details.aspx?episode=2101851700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/managing-the-future-of-work\/podcast\/Pages\/podcast-details.aspx?episode=2101851700\" aria-label=\"Peter Cappelli\">Peter Cappelli<\/a> neatly recapped, \u201ceverybody want[ed] to hire somebody with three years\u2019 experience, and nobody want[ed] to give them three years\u2019 experience.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>AI does a better job at the routine and repetitive tasks common in entry-level jobs.<\/li>\n<li>So hiring managers will redefine entry-level roles to focus on higher value client work, product work, and project work \u2013 work that can\u2019t be done (or at least not well) without relevant prior work experience. And on the treadmill to and through college, few new grads obtain relevant prior work experience.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s already a blizzard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/10\/technology\/coding-ai-jobs-students.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/10\/technology\/coding-ai-jobs-students.html\" aria-label=\"anecdotal evidence\">anecdotal evidence<\/a> on social media from dispirited 20-somethings like a 2023 computer science grad who applied for 5,762 tech jobs, got 13 interviews, but no offers. You\u2019ll also find plenty of comments better suited for a cheap T-shirt e.g., I just graduated with a computer science degree and my only interview was with Chipotle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And on the other hand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New technology has always increased demand for workers in new occupations.<\/li>\n<li>Entry-level workers are the least expensive, bring fresh ideas and new thinking, and are the most AI-native and best situated to take advantage of AI at work; in short, AI is about to make entry-level workers more productive.<\/li>\n<li>AI allows workers with less education and training to perform more complex tasks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What doesn\u2019t make the list of optimistic arguments? Matt Garman\u2019s point that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/the-dumbest-thing-ive-ever-heard-aws-ceo-slams-plans-for-ai-to-replace-junior-human-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/the-dumbest-thing-ive-ever-heard-aws-ceo-slams-plans-for-ai-to-replace-junior-human-workers\" aria-label=\"employers would be crazy to reduce entry-level roles\">employers would be crazy to reduce entry-level roles<\/a> because \u201cwithout junior employees gaining experience, companies will have no skilled workforce in the future.\u201d Rarely are companies accused of prioritizing the long term over short-term results like reducing expenses to hit a quarterly or annual target. Also, while AI might replace some entry-level roles, it will create new ones. Of course, but will the net effect be profoundly negative and transform an already bad situation \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burningglassinstitute.org\/research\/underemployment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.burningglassinstitute.org\/research\/underemployment\" aria-label=\"52% underemployment\">52% underemployment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/31\/economy\/job-market-for-college-grads\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/31\/economy\/job-market-for-college-grads\/index.html\" aria-label=\"12% unemployment\">12% unemployment<\/a> for grads in their 20s \u2013 into an existential crisis of career launch and economic mobility?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve probably already used AI for a task and thought: \u201cthat\u2019s something I don\u2019t need to hire a researcher or analyst to do.\u201d This appears to be the crux of the matter. In arguing the optimistic case in <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/08\/27\/ai-boon-for-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/08\/27\/ai-boon-for-jobs\/\" aria-label=\"Washington Monthly\">Washington Monthly<\/a>, Progressive Policy Institute\u2019s Bruno Manno reframes the last point in the optimistic case \u2013 i.e., AI allows workers with less education and training to perform more complex tasks \u2013 as \u201cAI raises the bar for demonstrated expertise while lowering barriers to acquiring it.\u201d But expertise is a portmanteau for both skills and experience \u2013 a bag begging to be unpacked. Sure, AI raises the bar for demonstrated skills while lowering barriers to acquire those skills. But while AI raises the bar for demonstrated experience, it does zilch to help aspiring career launchers acquire experience. Manno posits hypothetical AI simulations, but I don\u2019t know any hiring manager who equates a simulation with real work experience.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m here with news that the optimistic case has been on a monthlong losing streak. And if the trend continues, apprenticeships \u2013 which by definition do not require prior work experience \u2013 are about to become critical national infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>On August 26, three Stanford economists released the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaleconomy.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canaries_BrynjolfssonChandarChen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/digitaleconomy.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canaries_BrynjolfssonChandarChen.pdf\" aria-label=\"Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence\">Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence<\/a>. In reviewing comprehensive labor market data from ADP, America\u2019s largest payroll software platform, they found that, as of July, in sectors with AI exposure, the number of entry-level hires has already declined by 13% relative to expected. In AI-exposed sectors like software development and customer service, there was no impact for more experienced workers; only entry level positions have been displaced. Remarkably, the number of employed software developers ages 22-25 is already down nearly 20%. Equally, there was no impact for entry-level jobs with little AI exposure to date. And since entry-level employment in AI-exposed occupations didn\u2019t move in lockstep prior to ChatGPT\u2019s release three years ago, there can be no explanation other than AI.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, on August 31 two Harvard economists shared their take with a less catchy title: <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5425555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5425555\" aria-label=\"Generative AI as Seniority-Biased Technological Change: Evidence from U.S. R\u00e9sum\u00e9 and Job Posting Data\">Generative AI as Seniority-Biased Technological Change: Evidence from U.S. R\u00e9sum\u00e9 and Job Posting Data<\/a>. This study used data from LinkedIn and Revelio Labs covering 62 million workers and nearly 250 million job postings. Rather than trying to pinpoint the impact of AI by sector or occupation, the Harvard researchers identified companies signaling an intent to take advantage of AI \u2013 i.e., by recruiting for new \u201cAI integrator\u201d roles \u2013 and then compared hiring patterns. Between January 2023 and July 2024, entry-level headcount at AI adopters declined by 7.7% with no comparable decline for more senior roles. The only semi-divergent finding is where the declines are occurring fastest: not in coding, but wholesale and retail trade where entry-level hiring fell by 40%. But the conclusion is the same: \u201cgenerative AI constitutes a form of seniority-biased technological change, with adverse consequences for junior relative to senior employment within the firm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a number of new surveys confirm this dire direction. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligent.com\/8-in-10-companies-plan-to-layoff-recent-college-grads-this-year-due-to-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.intelligent.com\/8-in-10-companies-plan-to-layoff-recent-college-grads-this-year-due-to-ai\/\" aria-label=\"survey\">survey<\/a> of 800+ hiring managers found 70-80% saying that AI can do the work of a new hire and recent graduates would be laid off as a result. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/linkedin-economic-graph_redefining-entry-level-roles-innovation-activity-7328833531374108672-ZHUZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/linkedin-economic-graph_redefining-entry-level-roles-innovation-activity-7328833531374108672-ZHUZ\/\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn\">LinkedIn<\/a>, 63% of executives agree AI will take on \u201csome of the mundane, manual tasks that entry-level employees at their organizations currently focus on.\u201d Meanwhile, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staffingindustry.com\/news\/global-daily-news\/fewer-entry-level-jobs-push-new-grads-toward-flexible-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.staffingindustry.com\/news\/global-daily-news\/fewer-entry-level-jobs-push-new-grads-toward-flexible-work\" aria-label=\"poll\">poll<\/a> of nearly 1,200 new grads in the U.S. and UK found 59% saying \u201cit has been very challenging to find a full-time, entry-level job this year\u201d with 79% believing AI is reducing the number of entry-level jobs in their desired field. Not surprisingly, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/student-success\/life-after-college\/2025\/08\/29\/class-2026-worries-about-jobs-after-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/student-success\/life-after-college\/2025\/08\/29\/class-2026-worries-about-jobs-after-college\" aria-label=\"60%+ of the class of 2026\">60%+ of the class of 2026<\/a> is pessimistic about landing a good first job.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5425555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5425555\" aria-label=\"Harvard economists\">Harvard economists<\/a> conclude: \u201cGenerative AI appears to shift work away from entry-level tasks, narrowing the \u2018bottom rungs\u2019 of internal career ladders.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaleconomy.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canaries_BrynjolfssonChandarChen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/digitaleconomy.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canaries_BrynjolfssonChandarChen.pdf\" aria-label=\"Stanford\u2019s team\">Stanford\u2019s team<\/a> endeavors to explain why: \u201cAI replaces codified knowledge, the \u2018book-learning\u2019 that forms the core of formal education. AI may be less capable of replacing tacit knowledge, the idiosyncratic tips and tricks that accumulate with experience.\u201d All of which has started to dislocate would-be career launchers with more book learning than tacit knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we needn\u2019t worry because OpenAI CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/08\/11\/openai-ceo-sam-altman-10-years-gen-alpha-college-graduates-working-in-solar-system-well-paid-jobs-as-gen-z-struggles-todays-job-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/08\/11\/openai-ceo-sam-altman-10-years-gen-alpha-college-graduates-working-in-solar-system-well-paid-jobs-as-gen-z-struggles-todays-job-market\/\" aria-label=\"Sam Altman\">Sam Altman<\/a> says in a decade college graduates will all be working IN SPACE at some \u201csome completely new, exciting, super well-paid\u201d job. But even OpenAI partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/microsoft-elevate-putting-people-first-brad-smith-ghpwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/microsoft-elevate-putting-people-first-brad-smith-ghpwe\/\" aria-label=\"Microsoft is worrying a bit\">Microsoft is worrying a bit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s clear is that AI is on its way to being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.generation.org\/ai-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.generation.org\/ai-at-work\/\" aria-label=\"widely adopted for entry-level roles\">widely adopted for entry-level roles<\/a>. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaleconomy.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canaries_BrynjolfssonChandarChen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/digitaleconomy.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Canaries_BrynjolfssonChandarChen.pdf\" aria-label=\"Stanford paper\">Stanford paper<\/a> attempted to identify entry-level positions where AI is augmenting rather than displacing, we\u2019re still in the first inning of agentic AI. As use cases proliferate, identifying true entry-level (little or no prior experience) roles where AI isn\u2019t displacing is likely to become a needle-in-a-haystack exercise.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also clear that AI\u2019s impact on entry-level hiring won\u2019t be equitable. If relevant work experience becomes essential, those with the connections to obtain it will be in the pole position. Counterintuitively, wealth and status may matter even more than they do in today\u2019s tuition-based system of career launch. And it may matter even more what school you attend. In determining which universities are most susceptible to declining entry-level hiring, the Harvard study finds a U-shaped pattern. While Harvard and its confr\u00e8res are barely affected, graduates of tier 2 and tier 3 institutions are being hit hard. One possible explanation is that graduates of these institutions have historically been hired into good jobs by companies likely to adopt AI, but AI is allowing these firms to hire even more selectively. Meanwhile, graduates of tier 4 and 5 schools haven\u2019t typically launched into these kinds of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>On the skills side, AI skills are likely to tower in importance over any others. Students are seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/ai-jobs-entry-level-salary-ab2a11c0?st=3y5936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/ai-jobs-entry-level-salary-ab2a11c0?st=3y5936\" aria-label=\"absurd salaries\">absurd salaries<\/a> being thrown at entry-level data engineers and data analysts with AI capabilities. AI companies have been busy rolling out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/opinion\/columns\/online-trending-now\/2025\/09\/03\/ai-companies-roll-out-educational-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/opinion\/columns\/online-trending-now\/2025\/09\/03\/ai-companies-roll-out-educational-tools\" aria-label=\"tools, training\">tools, training<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staffingindustry.com\/news\/global-daily-news\/openai-to-launch-jobs-platform-aimed-at-ai-savvy-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.staffingindustry.com\/news\/global-daily-news\/openai-to-launch-jobs-platform-aimed-at-ai-savvy-workers\" aria-label=\"certifications\">certifications<\/a> to meet demand. As millions of companies will need help setting up and managing AI agents \u2013 and making sure they don\u2019t go haywire \u2013 there\u2019s little risk of underemployment for grads with these skills.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, while I\u2019m seeing a growing number of commentaries about how AI will reduce the importance of technical education and training, reaching the heartwarming conclusion that a liberal arts renaissance is on the horizon, I fear this is wishful thinking. The main thrust of AI\u2019s impact on education and workforce will be to reduce the importance of classroom-based education and increase the importance of work experience, or work-based learning at a minimum. In a nutshell, AI is in the process of devaluing degrees and making work experience more valuable.<\/p>\n<p>This is why Bruno Manno concludes his <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/08\/27\/ai-boon-for-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2025\/08\/27\/ai-boon-for-jobs\/\" aria-label=\"Washington Monthly\">Washington Monthly<\/a> piece with an apprenticeship call-to-arms: \u201cBy the end of an apprenticeship, the \u2018entry-level\u2019 paradox is resolved since the apprentice is no longer inexperienced. Instead, the apprentice has the skills and track record of a productive worker. They make experience part of the first job rather than a barrier to getting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 20 years, it&#8217;s likely that classroom-based education will play a lesser role from high school on up. Traditional teaching models will shrink by tens of billions of dollars \u2014 public and private provision alike \u2014 to be replaced by work-based learning models like apprenticeships, co-ops, internships, and projects with an employer-in-the-loop, but orchestrated by intermediaries and schools that seize the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite Devo song is their cover of the Rolling Stones\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o\" aria-label=\"Satisfaction\">Satisfaction<\/a>. It\u2019s all electronic, herky jerky, and mesmerizing. They performed it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scorpionvstarantula\/videos\/devo-satisfaction-live-on-snl-101479\/10153679132728684\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scorpionvstarantula\/videos\/devo-satisfaction-live-on-snl-101479\/10153679132728684\/\" aria-label=\"SNL\">SNL<\/a> and came across as five young men from Ohio who were really quite dissatisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in the 1950s, Devo was promised people movers and flying cars but ended up with Vietnam and Reagan. Two generations later, young Americans are being promised AGI and agents to do their scut work but will probably end up underemployed or unemployed. Which will lead them to view this so-called progress as devolution. So our choice is clear: make major changes or prepare for social unrest + Devo cover bands.<\/p>\n<p>We should also prepare for more unrest in higher education. On one hand, the Trump Administration\u2019s omni-front attack on higher education couldn\u2019t come at a worse time. On the other hand, most colleges and universities are about to have a big problem that will make their little problems disappear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the 1980s, there was New Wave music, then there was Devo. 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