Future U. Podcast

There are far more students looking for internships than there are internships. So @USCViterbi now requires every student to complete a practicum. @gauravsukhatme: "It's a bold step, but... as President Kim said, I'd much rather take a big swing." futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"I call BS." @MelikPeter on the idea that AI, like a library card, is all you need for an education, and why @unityonsocial had employees experiment with AI for an hour a day. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

A lawyer is trained to spot risk. So how does Beong-Soo Kim, a lawyer by training, balance protecting @USC against ambition? Integrity first. Then: "I would rather take big swings and miss than not swing at all." futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

What made a sitting college president write that colleges serve their employees more than their students? @MelikPeter on the moment it clicked: "Wait a second. I could be part of the problem." futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"Experiential learning" risks becoming a buzz phrase. @michaelbhorn asked Beong-Soo Kim what @USC means by it. USC calls it immersive experiences. More than half of majors require one, and the next step is weaving them into advising and the classroom. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"We have launched many initiatives that have failed. The secret to our success is we've launched more that have succeeded." @MelikPeter on how @unityonsocial sets the rules, limits and timelines before anything launches. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"The top thing that employers are seeking right now is proof of capability." Shauna Chung of @Adobe breaks it into three parts: apply what you know to a real problem, explain the decisions you made, and keep your own judgment when AI is in the loop. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

At a recent dinner of presidents and provosts, @jselingo can't remember anyone who'd been in their job more than about a year. Meanwhile, faculty have learned they can wait leaders out. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

When AI can write the paper, what should a student show? Shauna Chung of @Adobe, a former English professor, on making thinking visible, and the first-year writing project that ended up screened in full at a city council meeting. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"I would rather take big swings and miss than not swing at all." Beong-Soo Kim on why this is the moment for universities like @USC to take advantage of the disruption: "If we're not taking really, really big swings... I'm not doing my job." futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"I would rather take big swings and miss than not swing at all." Future U went live at @USC: President Beong-Soo Kim with @jselingo and @michaelbhorn, then a panel on making every engineering student build something. With support from @Adobe. 🎧 futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

The first question @MelikPeter put to his board: are you philanthropic, operational or strategic? From there, @unityonsocial rebuilt its governance layer by layer, swapping consensus for decision-makers. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"Oh, you can't do that. It's a regulation." Then you look, and there's no regulation there. @michaelbhorn on how organizations start treating tradition like law, and why the grooves run so deep in higher ed. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

"Here's where we're gonna play, and here's how we're gonna win." @jselingo on the decisive action most colleges are missing, and why waiting for competitors to close is not a strategy. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

What do we want students to be able to do when they leave? What do we want them to prove? @jselingo pulls the episode together: the university of the future isn't the one that does everything. It's the one that knows where it can win. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

Governors everywhere want better pathways to careers. They keep hitting the same wall. @michaelbhorn: K-12, higher ed and workforce systems "were never built to row in the same direction." futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

When @unityonsocial kills a project that isn't working, nobody gets laid off. They move to another project. @MelikPeter on the decision rules that make failing fast safe. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

Which repetitions do students actually need before they can responsibly hand a task to AI? @jselingo on exploring, then exploiting, and the tipping point nobody can measure yet. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

How will AI change higher ed? @MelikPeter: "I think anybody who could predict that right now is trying to sell a book." His more honest answer: knowledge is getting cheaper, so the job may shift to certifying that learning is real. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…

Why do so many colleges end up serving their employees more than their students? @MelikPeter traces it to 1965, when access expanded but almost every college kept a model built for the selective few. futureupodcast.com/episodes/…