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The AI Talks
Get unfiltered insight from leaders who've been there. Learn from their wins, mistakes, and hard calls. Walk away with ideas you can use right away.
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Vice Provost on the $100M Guessing Game in Higher Ed
Universities run $100 million enrollment operations on anecdotes and long memories, and in 2026 that is just guessing. Dr. Steve McKellips, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Akron, explains why the enrollment funnel stopped working, why speed decides who wins the student, and where AI belongs in the enrollment office (and where it does not).
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AI and Higher Education
When COVID hit, colleges rebuilt everything in months. AI is at least as big a challenge, yet fewer than a quarter of US colleges even had an AI policy. Futurist Bryan Alexander, senior scholar at Georgetown University, explores what higher education could look like in 2035, why assessment is now an unsolved problem, and how AI can become a coach rather than a crutch.
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Reimagining Higher Education: AI, Innovation and the Future of the Campus
What would higher education look like if you started over? Dr. Nick Ladany, President of San Francisco Bay University, explains how his "40-year-old startup" caps classes at 20, charges about $10,000 a year, uses AI faculty avatars that let students practice and fail safely, and plans small neighborhood campuses instead of sprawling ones.
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The CIO Perspective: Leading AI Adoption in Higher Education
If your data is bad, your AI results will be bad too. Adam Skiles, CIO of Huntington University, explains why AI strategy has to start with clean data and clear principles, how a statewide grant is funding his campus's AI transformation, and why colleges and employers are now learning AI side by side.
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How AI Exposes Higher Ed’s Hidden Revenue Crisis
The old model of recruiting more students and raising tuition a little each year is broken, and most institutions do not know where they are losing money. Aaron Basko, Chief Multiplier at Mack Insight Group, explains how AI can find the leaks in the boat, from slow follow-up and stuck financial aid files to $5.6 million in overlooked pre-collections, and help colleges rethink revenue.
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The Human Side of AI in Higher Education
The question is not whether AI will replace the counselor, but whether it can amplify the relationship. Thom D. Chesney, President of Southwestern College, explains how AI can take on the paperwork so people can focus on human connection, what leading with purpose looks like in an AI-driven world, and why his college cut about 75 percent of its web pages to prepare for AI search.
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AI in Higher Education: Transforming Student Engagement and Enrollment
Universities now compete against something that costs almost nothing, so they cannot win on price, only on experience. James Moore, Online Director and Associate Director of the DePaul AI Institute, explains how AI is reshaping recruitment, conversion, and retention, why institutions should plan for fewer students, and why curiosity is the skill every employer now wants.
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AI Strategy In Education
Starting AI without governance is like building a house from the attic down. Dan Arnold, Provost Fellow for Artificial Intelligence at Oakland University, explains why campus AI strategy has to begin with governance and real problem statements, why agentic browsers are the new security threat, and why students are worried about jobs, not cheating.
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