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EPISODE · Dec 2, 2025 · 44 MIN

AI and the Future of the University

from The Next Big Idea · host Next Big Idea Club

A few weeks ago, Rufus moderated a panel discussion at Vanderbilt’s New York City campus on artificial intelligence and the future of American higher education. Today, we’re bringing you that conversation. It features Nabiha Syed, executive director of Mozilla Foundation; Nicholas Dirks, president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences; Julie Samuels, president and CEO of Tech:NYC; and Matthew Johnson-Roberson, inaugural dean of the College of Connected Computing at Vanderbilt. Listen to our interview with Sal Khan here Follow Quantum Potential here

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