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‘Employers are increasingly turning to degree and GPA’ in hiring: Recruiters retreat from ‘talent is everywhere,’ double down on top colleges
Future of Work

‘Employers are increasingly turning to degree and GPA’ in hiring: Recruiters retreat from ‘talent is everywhere,’ double down on top colleges

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January 6, 2026
The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees
Success

The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees

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January 6, 2026
Blackstone exec says elite Ivy League degrees aren’t good enough—new analysts need to ‘work harder’ and be nice 
Success

Blackstone exec says elite Ivy League degrees aren’t good enough—new analysts need to ‘work harder’ and be nice 

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January 5, 2026
Left: Greg Abel. Right: Warren Buffett.
Success

Meet Greg Abel, the new boss of Berkshire Hathaway—Warren Buffett’s successor started out by selling empty soda bottles for 5 cents and now he’s a billionaire CEO

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January 5, 2026
Eric Simons
Commentary

15 years after skipping college to launch 3 startups, I believe the taboo around questioning higher ed is holding an entire generation back

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January 2, 2026
This 22-year-old college dropout with an AI powered YouTube empire makes $700,000 a year and works just 2 hours a day
AI

This 22-year-old college dropout with an AI powered YouTube empire makes $700,000 a year and works just 2 hours a day

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December 30, 2025
Young blue collar worker
Success

Gen Z can skip college and still earn big: Here are the top 15 highest-paying jobs that don’t require a degree

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December 29, 2025
Every year, a billionaire CEO doles out $1,000 checks to local college grads—with a catch: They have to give half the money to charity
C-Suite

Every year, a billionaire CEO doles out $1,000 checks to local college grads—with a catch: They have to give half the money to charity

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December 29, 2025
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is ‘envious’ of Gen Z college dropouts who have the ‘mental space’ and time to build new startups

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December 28, 2025
Malcolm Gladwell, sitting behind a microphone, holds his hand up next to him.
Future of Work

Malcolm Gladwell tells young people if they want a STEM degree, ‘don’t go to Harvard.’ You may end up at the bottom of your class and drop out

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December 27, 2025
The University of Oklahoma fired an instructor after she failed a psychology student who cited the Bible in an essay on gender
Law

The University of Oklahoma fired an instructor after she failed a psychology student who cited the Bible in an essay on gender

By John Hanna and The Associated Press
December 23, 2025
‘Cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible’: Advocacy group slams Trump’s plan to garnish wages of student loan borrowers in default
Politics

‘Cruel, unnecessary, and irresponsible’: Advocacy group slams Trump’s plan to garnish wages of student loan borrowers in default

By Annie Ma and The Associated Press
December 23, 2025
Young rich woman in front of plane
Success

There are more self-made billionaires under 30 than ever before—11 of them have made the ultra-wealthy club in the last 3 months thanks to AI

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December 23, 2025
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Success

OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman says in 10 years’ time college graduates will be working ‘some completely new, exciting, super well-paid’ job in space

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December 23, 2025
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Success

Goldman Sachs CEO says he’d hire someone ‘smart enough’ over the smartest person in the world because ultimately experience trumps brains

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December 22, 2025

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