While the worst-case scenarios regarding the future of higher education as discussed during the height of COVID-19 have thankfully not come to pass, there are still plenty of issues that need to be addressed. According to Dave Sherwood, CEO of BibliU, an education technology company focused on higher ed accessibility, the absence of apprenticeship—aka internship for us Yanks—programming in colleges is just one of many student frustrations that can lead to decreased competitiveness, limited educational offerings, and graduates who are ill-prepared to meet the needs of the job market.
