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For colleges and universities, the promise and peril of GenAI has given way to an evolving set of expectations, practices and problems that individual instructors must daily confront. And while this new classroom reality is complex, there are already instances of GenAI enhancing learning and teaching—especially where openness and a willingness to adapt are present. 

This webcast, inspired by Inside Higher Ed’s recent special report of the same name, explores GenAI’s potential to enhance learning, as well as the very real risks it poses to the fundamental mission of higher education, the production of authentically skilled and credible graduates. 

Through research, expert insights and a series of institutional case studies, we'll dive deeper into what practitioners and leaders can do to support students and faculty using GenAI in service of higher education’s highest goal: promoting and certifying real learning. 

The webcast will cover the following:

  • How to balance academic innovation with integrity, including implications for assessment 
  • Building institutional trust around generative AI 
  • Faculty- and institutional-level approaches to using generative AI for real learning 
  • What it means to be an authentically skilled graduate today—including how colleges can ensure students continue to develop durable, human-centered skills

Can't attend the webcast? You should still register -- all registrants, including attendees and absentees, will receive a recording of the webcast and a copy of the presentation slides. 

Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 2 p.m. E.T.

The Reckoning: Training Authentically Skilled Graduates in the Age of Generative AI

PANELISTS

Colleen Flaherty
Senior Editor of Special Content at Inside Higher Ed

Colleen Flaherty, senior editor of special content, previously served as Student Voice editor for Inside Higher Ed. Prior to joining the publication in 2012, Colleen was military editor at the Killeen Daily Herald, outside Fort Hood, Texas. Before that, she covered government and land use issues for the Greenwich Time and Hersam Acorn Newspapers in her home state of Connecticut. After graduating from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in English literature, Colleen taught English and English as a second language in public schools in the Bronx, New York. She earned her M.S.Ed. from City University of New York Lehman College as part of the New York City Teaching Fellows program.

Ben Upton
Freelance Journalist and Special Report Author

Ben Upton is a freelance journalist based in Washington. He served as Times Higher Education’s Europe reporter between November 2021 and October 2023 and previously covered European research policy for Research Professional News. Before graduating from City, University of London’s journalism school in 2017, he worked in academic publishing and taught at a private university in Wuhan, China.