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It’s time for students to start committing to colleges. The age of AI is making it complicated
Families are weighing majors, debt and alternatives as AI clouds entry-level hiring, with four-year graduates earning about 60% more than high school graduates, the College Board said.
- As College Decision Day approaches on May 1, students and parents struggle to define a good return on education amid rapid AI transformation reshaping entry-level job expectations.
- Financial pressure is increasing as tuition for private nonprofit colleges reached $45,000 annually, while graduates face average student loan debt of $39,457, according to the College Board.
- Parents like Kate Hilgenberg are steering children toward STEM fields, feeling they are 'less able to be taken over by AI,' while avoiding majors like illustration where 'AI is just taking over.'
- Alternatives such as two-year degrees, trade programs, and military service have become 'more AI proof,' offering less expensive paths than traditional degrees for many families, Mary Akkerman noted.
- Daniel A. Collier, a professor at the University of Memphis, emphasized that degrees still provide higher lifetime earnings and employment endurance during economic downturns despite AI uncertainty.
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Mary Akkerman has visited more than 30 university campuses with her children: one is already in Stanford and the other is still in high school. She especially wanted them to obtain degrees that would lead to good jobs; however, determine which careers...
Es hora de que los estudiantes comiencen a decidir a qué universidad ir. La era de la IA lo está complicando
Por Julian Torres, CNN Mary Akkerman ha visitado más de 30 campus universitarios con sus hijos: uno ya está en Stanford y el otro aún cursa el bachillerato. Ella deseaba especialmente que obtuvieran títulos que condujeran a buenos empleos; sin embargo, determinar qué carreras cumplían con ese criterio, señaló esta madre de Sioux Falls, Dakota del Sur, resultó ser un desafío mayúsculo, en parte debido al rápido avance de la inteligencia artificia…
It’s time for students to start committing to colleges. The age of AI is making it complicated
Mary Akkerman has visited more than 30 college campuses with her children, one now at Stanford and another still in high school. She especially wanted them to get degrees that lead to good jobs – but figuring that out, said the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, parent, was a major challenge, thanks in part to the rapid advance of AI and its effects on the job market.
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