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CSET’s Luke Koslosky shared his expert analysis in an article published by The Hill. The article discusses President Trump’s decision to raise the H-1B visa application fee to $100,000, highlighting the potential impact on the U.S. tech industry and its ability to attract skilled foreign workers.

Biotech Manufacturing Apprenticeships

Luke Koslosky, Steph Batalis, and Ronnie Kinoshita
| August 2025

This report examines lessons from the North Carolina Life Sciences Apprenticeship Consortium for pharmaceutical and biomanufacturing workforce development, and analyzes how apprenticeship programs help address workforce shortages in emerging tech fields. It offers a practical framework with important considerations for designing and launching programs, and serves as a resource for employers, regional leaders, and policymakers seeking to build a more resilient and technically skilled workforce.

Why Donald Trump’s AI Strategy Needs More Safeguards

The National Interest
| July 24, 2025

Adrian Thinnyun and Zachary Arnold shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In their piece, they examine how the United States must adopt a learning-focused, industry-led self-regulatory framework for AI, drawing lessons from the nuclear sector’s post-Three Mile Island Institute for Nuclear Power Operations to prevent a public backlash and ensure safe, widespread deployment of transformative AI technologies.

CSET Research Analyst, Mina Narayanan shared her expert insights in an article published by Defense One. The piece examines President Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan, which outlines a sweeping effort to secure American dominance in artificial intelligence by accelerating military adoption, fast-tracking infrastructure, and expanding U.S. influence in global AI governance.

This roundtable report explores how practitioners, researchers, educators, and government officials view work-based learning as a tool for strengthening the cybersecurity workforce. Participants engaged in an enriching discussion that ultimately provided insight and context into what makes work-based learning unique, effective, and valuable for the cyber workforce.

Top-Tier Research at HBCUs Beyond 2025

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
| July 2, 2025

CSET’s Jaret C. Riddick and Brendan Oliss analyze their newly released research published in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Their piece examines how the 2025 revision of the Carnegie Classification criteria is impacting HBCUs’ progress toward R1 status.

Fixing the Pentagon’s Broken Innovation Pipeline

The National Interest
| June 25, 2025

CSET’s Lauren A. Kahn and CFR’s Michael C. Horowitz shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by The National Interest. In their piece, they explore how the U.S. Department of Defense’s outdated budget process is undermining the military’s ability to adopt and scale emerging technologies quickly enough to deter rising global threats.

Kids need to experiment with AI

EdScoop
| June 17, 2025

CSET’s Emelia Probasco shared her expert insights in an op-ed published by EdScoop. In the piece, she reflects on her son’s middle school science fair project, where he tested generative AI chatbots with trivia questions. Probasco argues that hands-on experimentation like this is key to building AI literacy among youth.

Matthias Oschinski and Ruhani Walia shared their insights in an op-ed published by The Hill Times. In their piece, they examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping—not replacing—jobs in Canada, and argue that the country is missing a critical opportunity to prepare its workforce for an AI-enabled future.

CSET’s Cole McFaul was quoted in a segment aired by NPR’s All Things Considered. The segment discusses the U.S. government’s decision to revoke visas for certain Chinese students.