AI Faculty Avatars and a $10K MBA

About this episode

Mallory Willsea discusses AI integration in education with Dr. Nick Ladany, focusing on innovative learning models at SFBU.

Mallory Willsea sits down with Dr. Nick Ladany, President of San Francisco Bay University, to unpack one of the boldest experiments in AI in higher education and student success strategies happening today. Together, they explore how SFBU is designing a human-centered, AI-integrated learning model that prioritizes capability development, workforce readiness, affordability, and access over outdated systems built around seat time and content delivery.

People in this episode

Host: Mallory Willsea

Guest: Dr. Nick Ladany

Topics covered

• AI in higher education
• student success strategies
• human-centered learning
• workforce readiness
• affordability
• access

Keywords

• AI Faculty Avatars
• higher education
• student success
• learning model
• workforce readiness
• affordability
• access

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Organizations: San Francisco Bay University

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