The Capability Ladder: A Curriculum-Modernization Framework for Workforce Readiness in the AI Era

arXiv:2608.07779v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial intelligence is changing the task composition of computing work faster than curricula and training typically adapt. This is a curriculum-framework paper, grounded in a structured narrative review of labor-market and software-engineering evidence and illustrated through an exploratory pilot course: the review supports the framework, and the pilot illustrates it rather than serving as primary evidence. The central claim is that near-term c...