SXSW EDU 2025
Expanding Opportunity: Community Colleges Test-Driving GenAI
Description:
Community colleges are responsible for the largest share of upward mobility success stories in American higher education. They are also the postsecondary institutions most likely to mirror America’s diversity across race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. As genAI transforms the workplace and education, these institutions are uniquely positioned to leverage this technology to expand opportunities. This panel explores genAI's adoption and impact in the workplace, its potential to boost postsecondary-to-work success, and how community colleges are leading the way in implementing this vision.
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Takeaways
- What research tells about the adoption of genAI across different occupations and worker demographics, as well as about its role as a skills leveler
- How genAI could help expand students' and workers' postsecondary-to-work opportunities and contribute to economic mobility and sustainability
- Examples of how community colleges are experimenting with genAI as a teaching and student support tool and how this can inspire other instutions
Speakers
- Nathalie Gazzaneo, Director, Project on Workforce
- Philipp Schmidt, VP Technology Innovation, Axim Collaborative
- Meacie Fairfax, Strategy Director, Complete College America
- James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons
Organizer
Nathalie Gazzaneo, Director, Harvard Project on Workforce
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