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Campus Chaos Leaves Youth Exposed in Brutal Jobs Market

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While young workers face the toughest jobs market since the early 1990s, our universities are still teaching for a world that no longer exists. Boards need to step in.

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This article examines the structural misalignment between Australian higher education and a labor market being rapidly transformed by economic pressures and technological shifts. It argues that universities are failing to prepare graduates for an era defined by evolving skill requirements, potentially leaving a generation vulnerable to displacement. While primarily focused on employment and educational reform, the piece touches on the broader socio-economic disruption that coincides with the advancement of transformative technologies like AI.

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