In a recent article for University Business, Mark McNeilly (University of North Carolina) and Josh Jones argue that higher education must “rewrite the rules” to prepare students for careers in the age of AI. McNeilly and Jones explain that as jobs are displaced by technological advancements, even more opportunities are expected to be created. They write that students must be prepared for these careers with an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of current tools, knowledge of how these tools are changing their fields, and soft skills. The authors argue for a “warp speed” approach to implementing academic innovation. “Colleges won’t succeed by wedging AI into old structures but by fundamentally redesigning them,” write McNeilly and Jones.
