In his latest book, Reclaiming Purpose: The University in an AI World (Wiley), former Southern New Hampshire University President Paul LeBlanc challenges readers to imagine the possibilities of artificial intelligence both as a learning tool and a catalyst for a human skills–based economy.
In an AI world, higher ed institutions will shift from knowledge transfer to human flourishing by using hyperpersonalized learning platforms to teach foundational knowledge. In the classroom, students will develop interpersonal skills and human capacity. “We can use AI to get back to a much more human-centered understanding of learning, and we know, from all of our experience, that that’s the most powerful,” he said on a recent episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast.
Colleges will prepare students for a new workforce disrupted and redefined by the prevalence of AI. The knowledge economy, displaced by AI’s information-processing capacity, will be rebuilt as a “care economy” that values human-centered jobs, he argued.
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