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Author, The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections, from @PrincetonUPress. Host #HigherEdSpotlight podcast. Visiting fellow @HGSE.

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No Steller sea lions?

21.12.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Footnotes maybe included in word count for MS Word but not Google docs? Pretty sure I had a similar discrepancy for that reason (and congrats!)

21.12.2025 01:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For the Bluesky Pogues catalog - rare French ticket stub

28.11.2025 03:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Intoduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Blondie
Black Uhuru
Dead Kennedys
Joan Armatrading
The Pogues

28.11.2025 02:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You may not be able to wrap up a good life, but the books in our "Inspiring Ideas for Living Well" gift guide offer abundant wisdom for someone to find a path to living well themselves.

Explore our selections and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/collections/...

#GiftGuide #ReadUP

24.11.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Vikings also begins with V, and the Vikings were in England, so that settles it.

19.11.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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For the brochure

14.11.2025 03:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

- I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. Sort of a professional version, to her former manager, of the love-song break-up:

β€œGood-bye, please don't cry
'Cause we both know that I'm not
What you need”

07.11.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Billy Bragg - St Swithin's Day
Billy Bragg - St Swithin's Day YouTube video by cookingvinylarchive

Billy Bragg - St Swithin’s Day youtu.be/Bl0cXwSa6VY?...

14.10.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Students’ New Imperative: Always Be Networking The job market stinks and AI is gumming up application systems. So old-fashioned people skills are the new must-have asset.

For @chronicle.com, @wildavsky.bsky.social, author of The Career Arts, spoke with Alexander C. Kafka about networking for college students:

30.09.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge

After the pardons came the purge: The people who beat police officers and tried to block the democratic transfer of power were spared. The people who did their jobs by prosecuting them for their crimes were punished. Dan Barry @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

24.08.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 249 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 3

Lmk whether Bobby Zimmerman ever visited Winona and encountered antisemitism?

22.08.2025 03:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't know that one, but remember @princetonupress.bsky.social also has amazing nature books, including birds!

29.07.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Manhattan Institute Manifesto Would Give this President Sweeping Power to Force University Compliance with Right-Wing Demands The statement is selling a naked ideological agenda as a defense of campus free speech

This is why I can't endorse the Manhattan Statement (a declaration about higher ed organized by Christopher Rufo of the Manhattan Institute), even though I share some of its goals. www.theunpopulist.net/p/a-manhatta...

22.07.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I Want to Know by Jimmy Cliff on AppleΒ Music Song Β· 1974 Β· Duration 2:46

music.apple.com/us/album/i-w...

10.07.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Panel - Upskill Battle: The Race to Rewire America's Workforce | Milken Institute AI is already displacing entire sectors of American workers, from software engineers to music producers. But even in an age of machines, we will still need teachers, construction workers, airline…

Tomorrow (May 5) at 11:30 am PDT: @wildavsky.bsky.social, author of The Career Arts, will be moderating @milkeninstitute.org's Global Conference 2025 panel, "Upskill Battle: The Race to Rewire America's Workforce."

For more details, visit:

04.05.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Soviet Virginia is not for lovers.

02.05.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Standard Trash Picker - 32 Makes trash cleanup easy on your back. Rubber grippers. Durable aluminum construction will not rust. Locking feature on handle. ULINE offers over 43,000 boxes, plastic poly bags, mailing tubes, wareho...

Next: take this with you on neighborhood walks? www.uline.com/Product/Deta...

22.04.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Author and Reformer Kathleen deLaski on What a Different Higher Ed Future Could Look Like Podcast Episode Β· Higher Ed Spotlight Β· 03/20/2025 Β· 19m

Kathleen deLaski recently appeared on @wildavsky.bsky.social‬'s #HigherEdSpotlight podcast and spoke about her new book, WHO NEEDS COLLEGE ANYMORE? Listen to the conversation here: https://bit.ly/4hN3HEl

07.04.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Author and Reformer Kathleen deLaski on What a Different Higher Ed Future… | Ben Wildavsky With traditional higher ed getting more scrutiny than ever in 2025, my latest #HigherEdSpotlight guest is Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College…

New #HigherEdSpotlight podcast episode with Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College Anymore?"

20.03.2025 14:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.

"[College] doesn’t serve the needs of many. There’s a reason only 38 percent of American adults have a degree." β€”Kathleen deLaski in an interview with @wildavsky.bsky.social for @washingtonmonthly.com‬ https://bit.ly/3XhKOlo

14.03.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beautiful. Here’s my own amateur effort: the South Island robin, also known as the kakaruai, taken on the Routeburn Track in New Zealand

03.03.2025 02:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.

For @washingtonmonthly.com, The Career Arts author @wildavsky.bsky.social spoke with Kathleen deLaski for her new book Who Needs College Anymore? and about how college isn’t right for everyone: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/20/w...

24.02.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.

A new book asks how to make higher education not only more accessible but more applicable to Americans’ real lives. @wildavsky.bsky.social sits down with the author:

20.02.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Who Needs College Anymore? | Washington Monthly Kathleen deLaski's new book asks how to make higher ed not only more accessible but applicable to Americans’ real lives.

Great conversation w/Kathleen deLaski about her new book Who Needs College Anymore? for this @washingtonmonthly.com Q&A. She calls for a much more expansive definition of college, and better alternatives for β€œnew majority learners” who haven’t been well-served by traditional higher ed.

20.02.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The World of Higher Education | The Great Brain Race, 15 years later with Ben Wildavsky Join Alex Usher on the World of Higher Education podcast as he revisits 'The Great Brain Race' with author Ben Wildavsky. They explore the book's thesis on globalization in higher education, the tr...

It’s been 15 years since The Great Brain Race by @wildavsky.bsky.social published! Listen to his conversation with Alex Usher for The World of Higher Education about the progress and challenges in global higher education: worlded.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

06.02.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was my take on higher ed globalization too optimistic when I published β€œThe Great Brain Race” with @princetonupress.bsky.social 15 years ago? I argue that the principle of β€œfree trade in minds” still holds in this fun video podcast with @alexusherhesa.bsky.social

06.02.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who Needs Harvard? Higher education in the U.S. is so much more than its selective collegesβ€”and can be fairer for so many more students

My Q&A with Nicholas Lemann in the new issue of @educationnext.bsky.social - the case for testing content over aptitude to promote mass access. Adapted from our recent #HigherEdSpotlight conversation.

05.02.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wildavsky CHE essay - 4 Lessons We Can Learn From Abroad.pdf

My new essay in @chronicle.com's special report on experiential learning highlights innovative approaches to career preparation: collaboration with employers in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada, lifelong learning in πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬ Singapore, degree-apprenticeships in πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Germany, and microcredentials in πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ New Zealand. Feedback welcome!

14.01.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of the book The Career Arts: Making the Most of Colleges, Credentials and Connections by Ben Wildavsky

The cover of the book The Career Arts: Making the Most of Colleges, Credentials and Connections by Ben Wildavsky

Is there a trade off between going to college and gaining practical skills for a career? β¬‡οΈπŸŽ§
@princetonupress.bsky.social #HigherEducation #AcademicSky
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30.12.2024 15:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0