In this episode, Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn discuss how generative AI is prompting colleges and universities to rethink their traditional roles in teaching and learning. They explore how institutions can adapt for the AI era by shifting from simply delivering information to fostering more purposeful learning—and by helping students see AI as a tool rather than a threat. The hosts also highlight the emergence of startup universities built around AI as potential disruptors in higher education.
“This seems to me, Jeff, like an actually centering opportunity for the college and university to become more relevant and more tied to what I think students really need and they might wanna do, but it forces a recognition that the job to be done is not actually the classes themselves,” Horn reflects.