Cover art for the Path Found podcast illustrates gameboard style paths to various career hurdles and victories.

The Winding Road: What Six Journeys Taught Us About Finding Your Way

The detours weren't detours. The pivots weren't failures. The moments where things fell apart were, for every single one of these guests, the moments that mattered most.
Student interns work on laptops alongside a professional mentor who explains the use of AI tools at the company.

The AI Future Is Already Here, and Students Need to Be Ready

This spring at college commencements across the country, students booed speakers who talked about AI. And honestly? I get it. But AI is neither going to save us nor doom us on its own. What matters is who shapes it, who uses it well, and whose goals it's set up to serve. We want that to include our students.
Ned Laff and Scott Carlson, co-authors and guests on the Path Found podcast.

Authors Ned Laff and Scott Carlson on “Hacking College”

If you thought college was just to “get a degree so I can get a job,” Ned Laff and Scott Carlson want to complicate that, in the best possible way.
A is for Awesome! text over a screenshot from the film Easy A with Emma Stone, 2010.

Grades Are Going Up. Are Students Getting Better?

Grade inflation—the practice of giving students higher grades than their work actually warrants—is quietly costing kids their futures.
A mentor encourages a young community college student during a walk across campus.

Stop Lowering the Bar: Why Students Rise When We Expect More

When students are pushed—with support—they rise. When they succeed at something challenging, confidence follows them into every other class, every interview, every risk they take in life.
A first generation student and her grandmother meet with a counselor about choosing a college major.

Choosing a College Major in the Age of AI: What Students Should Really Be Thinking About

The question worth asking isn't, "Which major will protect me?" but "What can I do that AI genuinely can't?"