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Women are less likely than men to be promoted. Here’s one reason why

In a recent paper, “’Potential’ and the Gender Promotion Gap,” MIT’s Danielle Li found that on average,…

For the last year, the GOF has been building workforce-development ecosystems for advanced manufacturing in the Philippines…

New curriculum from MIT and collaborating institutions aims to give technicians a ladder to become shop-floor leaders…

Since the height of the pandemic, many employers have committed to dropping college-degree requirements for jobs and…

For at least the last 40 years, college costs have been rising across the U.S., with tuition…

Combing through 35,000 job categories in U.S. census data, economists found a new way to quantify technology’s…

Last Sunday (Mar. 24), the founder of the GOF George Westerman took part in the 25th Annual…

The generative AI wave has elicited excitement, anxiety, and plenty of speculation about what’s to come, but…

As unemployment rates remain persistently low in many parts of the world, and as a global skills…

As labor shortages continue, many employers are seeking creative ways to build and expand workforce pipelines. While…

Deliotte predicts that U.S. manufacturing will have a skills shortage as deep as 2.4 million jobs by…

Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson, faculty co-directors of the new MIT Shaping the Future of…