Education is perhaps the most important investment we will all make in our life, so why doesn't it prepare us better for the workplace? To help us understand the gap, and how it is being addressed, we spoke to Dr. Lata Swaminathan, an Associate Professor affiliated with Mumbai University. She helped us break down the challenges of today's education systems, as well as how students can take control and prepare themselves.

The audio clip in this episode is from a 2022 report by NBC News that can be accessed via this YouTube Link. For more information on the current state of higher education as well as global statistics, you can refer to this 2022 UNESCO report. For more information on "degree inflation", do check out this BBC article from 2021.

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