Building Beyond the Golden Ticket for the Future

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Brian O. Hemphill, President at Old Dominion University; Pradeep K. Khosla, Chancellor at UC San Diego; Jeremy Singer, President at College Board; Tim Cleary, Chief Strategy Officer at Risepoint; Sian Leah Beilock, President at Dartmouth; and JP Novin, CEO at Plexuss.com.With graduate unemployment rising and employer skill demands evolving faster than traditional curricula, higher education faced a hard reality: there was no single “golden ticket” to future employment. Institutions instead needed to rethink how education supported adaptability, continuous learning, and long-term relevance in an AI-enabled economy.This session convened university presidents and leaders from technology and workforce-facing organizations to examine how institutions were redesigning learning at both the classroom and programmatic levels. The discussion explored embedding AI literacy, aligning credentials with changing skill needs, and expanding flexible, short-form, and lifelong learning pathways that supported ongoing reskilling and upskilling. Panelists shared evidence-based strategies to help learners navigate a volatile labor market—while ensuring higher education continued to deliver durable value for students and employers.