Across the country, communities face the same critical question: How do we build and maintain higher education pathways that adapt to the lives of working adults while meeting the rapidly changing needs of our modern workforce?
The future of workforce development will not be defined by institutions working harder or employers recruiting differently. It will be defined by how effectively we work together from the beginning.
Uplifting individuals through online education does not happen in a vacuum. And it doesn’t just happen in an office or behind a monitor. It happens in local communities, with support from family members, friends, mentors, neighbors, coworkers and employers.
As educators, leaders, employers, and innovators, we all have a role to play in shaping how technology influences the future of learning. The question isn't whether AI will change higher education—it already is. The question is whether we'll use it to create more opportunity, remove more barriers, strengthen more human connections and help more learners achieve what once felt impossible.
Artificial intelligence is changing work faster than any technological shift in modern history. Our strategic partnership with Anthropic is built to address this opportunity. Entire categories of jobs are evolving, with forty percent of core skills expected to change by 2030, according to the World Economic Forum. In lieu of incremental improvements, the challenge before us is creating an entirely new model of learning that helps individuals continuously develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to remain relevant in a rapidly changing economy.
