“Every six months you need to update your course materials,” said MIT Deputy Dean of academics Asuman Ozdaglar. “You need to introduce new courses because there are new paradigms that emerge within a few months’ time frame.”

How AI is reshaping entry-level jobs, why graduates need AI fluency and critical thinking, and how to stay valuable in an AI-driven workplace.

The graduates who stand out in the AI age know how to think alongside AI, question its outputs and turn them into something useful.

“Every six months you need to update your course materials,” said MIT Deputy Dean of academics Asuman Ozdaglar. “You need to introduce new courses because there are new paradigms…

As AI automates the tasks that once defined first jobs, higher education must rethink how it delivers real-world experience—before students ever graduate.