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Forkaia · The School of Work
Chartered · 2026 · The Stacks
◆ THE STACKS · RESEARCH LIBRARY

The library
of modern work.

Every real college has a library. Ours is The Stacks — the digital research library that indexes every paper, dataset, working manuscript, and research artifact produced by Forkaia students, Practitioners-in-Residence, Cornerstone Partners, and the Dean's office. Free public access. Dewey-style shelves. AI librarian search. Every citation goes back to the real primary source.

2,341
Papers Indexed
14
Research Shelves
Free
Always Public Access
Daily
New Additions
◆ THE SHELVES

Fourteen shelves. All catalogued.

The Stacks is organized like a real library — Dewey-style shelves, call numbers, cross-references. Every paper published by anyone in the Forkaia network is filed to at least one shelf. Everything cross-linked. Every citation clicks through to the primary source.

◆ SHELF 100 · CATEGORY THEORY

Parallel Career Education™

The founding thesis. Papers on the parallel-career doctrine, the fall of the internship model, and the theory of continuous career layers. Includes the annual State of Student Career Experience.

The Parallel Track (Vol I)The Internship Was Invented in 1906State of Student Career Experience 2026PCE Curriculum Design
◆ SHELF 150 · ASSESSMENT & INDICES

Readiness, Resilience, Score

Methodology papers behind the Forkaia Score, the Readiness Index, and the AGI-Resilience Index. Includes calibration data, versioning, cohort-level analyses.

The Forkaia Score MethodologyReadiness Index Volume IAGI-Resilience FrameworkScore Calibration Q3 2026
◆ SHELF 200 · STUDIO OF PRODUCT & DESIGN

Craft, Systems, Zero-to-One

Studio publications on product craft, design systems, launch playbooks, PM operating models. Includes student capstones and PiR seminars.

The Studio Craft HandbookZero to One Launch NotesDesign Systems for Startups
◆ SHELF 250 · STUDIO OF GROWTH & MARKETING

Distribution, Funnels, Channels

Papers and case studies on organic and paid growth, lifecycle marketing, SEO, community, and the emerging science of AI-native distribution.

The Growth Playbook Vol IISEO in the LLM EraLifecycle Marketing at Scale
◆ SHELF 300 · STUDIO OF AI & APPLIED ML

Foundation Models, Evals, Agents

Applied research from the AI Studio. Every eval published to the Stacks becomes a citable artifact. Includes model-card reviews, RLHF papers, agent architectures.

The Evals HandbookModel Card Standards v2Agent Architectures 2026
◆ SHELF 350 · STUDIO OF CAPITAL & FINANCE

Venture, Quant, Corp Dev

Deal memos, portfolio theses, quant strategies, corp dev frameworks. Publications by the Deal Room Guild and PiRs from partner funds.

Deal Memo Anthology 2026Pre-IPO Risk Index MethodologyDistributed Studio Index Vol I
◆ SHELF 400 · STUDIO OF MEDIA & STORYTELLING

Editorial, Newsletter, Video

Publications on modern editorial craft, newsletter economics, brand journalism, podcast production. Includes the Byline Guild's shared editorial calendar.

The Byline HandbookNewsletter Unit EconomicsBrand Journalism at Scale
◆ SHELF 450 · STUDIO OF OPERATIONS

Chief of Staff, RevOps, PMO

Ops playbooks, State-of-Startup-Ops quarterly reports, PMO templates. Published by the Chief of Staff Guild and rotating PiRs.

State of Startup Ops Q3 2026The Chief of Staff HandbookRevOps Playbook v3
◆ SHELF 500 · STUDIO OF ENGINEERING

Codebases, Systems, Infra

Engineering essays, systems reviews, infra postmortems, open-source contributions from the Codebase Guild. Every PR that qualifies gets shelved.

The Codebase Guild AnthologyInfra Postmortem Vol IOpen-Source Contribution Handbook
◆ SHELF 550 · STUDIO OF SALES & REVENUE

Prospecting, Closing, Expansion

Sales playbooks, negotiation frameworks, expansion motions, CS playbooks. Published by the Quota Guild and PiRs from partner sales orgs.

The Quota Guild PlaybookEnterprise Sales in 2026CS Motion Handbook
◆ SHELF 600 · CROSS-STUDIO RESEARCH

Joint papers & anthologies

Papers that cross Studio lines — Product×Engineering, AI×Capital, Media×Growth. Some of the strongest work in the library sits here.

The Product-Engineering Joint AnthologyAI × Capital: Model-Driven InvestingMedia × Growth: Distribution Craft
◆ SHELF 700 · CORNERSTONE PARTNER CASE STUDIES

What partners publish about the model

Case studies from Cornerstone Partner universities and F500 CVS partners on outcomes, curriculum integration, and hiring pipelines from the Forkaia network.

CSUF × Forkaia Case StudyState of Ohio Partner ReportF500 Case Study Anthology
◆ SHELF 800 · ARCHIVES & PRIMARY SOURCES

The Charter, Founding Day, Annual Reports

The founding documents. The Charter. Annual Reports Vol I-II. Class-year rosters. Every Commencement offer-letter roll. Historical primary sources.

The Forkaia CharterAnnual Report Vol IFounding Day 2026Class of 2030 Roster
◆ SHELF 900 · REFERENCE & PLAYBOOKS

The reusable stuff

Reference guides, playbooks, checklists, glossaries. What every Forkaia student and PiR consults regularly. Also the college's public glossary.

The Modern-Work GlossaryThe PCE Reference ManualForkaia Style Guide

Every citation. Back to primary source.

The Stacks doesn't summarize. It shelves the real papers, the real datasets, the real transcripts. Click any citation, land on the primary source. That's the covenant.

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◆ SUBMIT TO THE STACKS

Any Forkaia member can publish here.

The Stacks is open to every current student, alumnus, PiR, and Cornerstone Partner. Submit your paper, dataset, essay, or working manuscript through the intake below. The Dean's editorial team reviews within 10 days, shelves accepted work, and publishes to the Dispatch on acceptance.

◆ 01 · WHAT COUNTS

Research, essays, datasets, playbooks.

Anything with a primary contribution. New data. New framework. New methodology. Case study. Anthology. Reusable playbook. All acceptable.

◆ 02 · REVIEW STANDARD

10-day light peer review.

Reviewed by 2 PiRs + 1 Dean's-office editor. Shelved if novel + defensible. Revise-and-resubmit if not. Rejection is rare — most work fits somewhere.

◆ 03 · WHAT YOU GET

Citation, credit, and Dispatch feature.

Your name on the shelf. A permanent DOI-style Forkaia citation ID. A Dispatch feature the week your paper drops. Score bump for the term.