How Career Schools Can Use AI Today
From Career Education Report by Career Education Colleges and Universities
June 3, 2026 · 25 min · Episode 109
About this episode
The episode discusses how career colleges can leverage AI to enhance student engagement and streamline operations.
While students and employers both wrangle with the best ways to use artificial intelligence in an evolving workforce, career colleges are well positioned to leverage the technology to better prepare students for today’s labor market and streamline how the colleges themselves operate. Today’s guest is Lauri Kien Kotcher , the CEO & Co-founder of Different Day . Lauri tells host Jason Altmire that AI tools can be critical in providing timely replies to student inquiries, streamlining transcript processing and offering personalized communication to keep students engaged and interested in events on campus. She says these tools can even make inroads on reducing student attrition and become a key strategy for creating and cultivating the next generation of career education professionals.
People in this episode
Host: Jason Altmire
Guest: Lauri Kien Kotcher
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- career education
- student engagement
- labor market
- technology in education
Keywords
- AI
- career colleges
- student attrition
- transcript processing
- personalized communication
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Different Day
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