Kirsten McHugh
The Good Project Receives Support from the ...
The Good Project Receives Support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Shelby Clark
The Weight of the Degree: Good Work and the ...

I recently attended the Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning (HILT) conference on the “The Weight of the Degree: Rigor, Responsibility and the Modern Campus.” ur team has been trying to understand how and if colleges are preparing modern graduates to do “good work” in their futures (see the Good Work Values Alignment project). The overlap with the discussion at the conference struck me. What did I hear? 

The Weight of the Degree: Good Work and the HILT Conference 2026
Shelby Clark
Beyond Job Readiness: Findings from the Good ...

What does it really mean to prepare students for the world of work?

Too often, conversations about the value of higher education focus on whether graduates get jobs and how much they earn. Our new white paper, Beyond Job Readiness: Findings from the Good Work Value Alignment Study, asks a broader question: How well does postsecondary education prepare people not only to obtain work, but to do good work?

Shelby Clark
Knowing What to Do Is Only the Beginning: ...

What does it mean to do good work when the consequences may directly affect another person's health, safety, dignity, or life? When we spoke with healthcare students and employers as part of our Good Work Value Alignment Study, participants universally valued expertise: healthcare professionals need deep knowledge and technical competence.

Knowing What to Do Is Only the Beginning: Preparing Students for Good Work in Healthcare
Shelby Clark
A Degree Opens the Door—but What Prepares ...

If there is any field where we might expect technical expertise to dominate conversations about career readiness, information technology would seem to be it. Coding languages, technical knowledge, systems, software, and networks all matter. And yet, when we spoke with IT students and employers as part of our Good Work Value Alignment Study, both groups repeatedly returned to the same point: technical knowledge isn't enough.

A Degree Opens the Door—but What Prepares Students to Walk Through It? Good Work in Information Technology

The Good Project Receives Support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

We’re delighted to share that The Good Project has received a new grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to provide general support for our ongoing work.

This funding will help us sustain and strengthen The Good Project’s core research and team, deepen our analysis of existing work, develop and share new resources, and renew our engagement with educators and broader audiences.

We’re deeply grateful to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for this flexible support—and excited for the opportunity it gives us to build on more than three decades of research and practice while continuing to develop new directions for the work ahead.

The Weight of the Degree: Good Work and the HILT Conference 2026

The Weight of the Degree: Good Work and the HILT Conference 2026

I recently attended the Harvard Initiative for Teaching and Learning (HILT) conference on the “The Weight of the Degree: Rigor, Responsibility and the Modern Campus.” ur team has been trying to understand how and if colleges are preparing modern graduates to do “good work” in their futures (see the Good Work Values Alignment project). The overlap with the discussion at the conference struck me. What did I hear? 

Beyond Job Readiness: Findings from the Good Work Value Alignment Study

What does it really mean to prepare students for the world of work?

Too often, conversations about the value of higher education focus on whether graduates get jobs and how much they earn. Our new white paper, Beyond Job Readiness: Findings from the Good Work Value Alignment Study, asks a broader question: How well does postsecondary education prepare people not only to obtain work, but to do good work?

Knowing What to Do Is Only the Beginning: Preparing Students for Good Work in Healthcare

Knowing What to Do Is Only the Beginning: Preparing Students for Good Work in Healthcare

What does it mean to do good work when the consequences may directly affect another person's health, safety, dignity, or life? When we spoke with healthcare students and employers as part of our Good Work Value Alignment Study, participants universally valued expertise: healthcare professionals need deep knowledge and technical competence.

A Degree Opens the Door—but What Prepares Students to Walk Through It? Good Work in Information Technology

A Degree Opens the Door—but What Prepares Students to Walk Through It? Good Work in Information Technology

If there is any field where we might expect technical expertise to dominate conversations about career readiness, information technology would seem to be it. Coding languages, technical knowledge, systems, software, and networks all matter. And yet, when we spoke with IT students and employers as part of our Good Work Value Alignment Study, both groups repeatedly returned to the same point: technical knowledge isn't enough.