Agile and Innovative Higher Education
Harnessing the power of technology for student success
Emerging technologies like AI may be able to address some of higher education’s biggest challenges, including access for students who need more course flexibility, campus capacity issues, and long-run pressure on stressed postsecondary budgets.
California Competes works to strategize on the future of education across the state and strengthen the movement towards an equitable, agile, and innovative system of learning.
Effective Technology-Enhanced Learning Models
California should accelerate the delivery of promising, high quality, tech-enhanced courses and programs to promote equitable access and success.
Maximizing flexibility for students should not cost them in quality. California Competes’s work will focus on identifying promising practices for innovative course design and delivery that promote student success.
Smart and Ethical Use of AI
The state has the opportunity to leverage evolving technologies to provide students with greater support and to optimize staff capacity.
As AI evolves, California’s higher education system needs to keep up. Decision makers must promote the smart and ethical use of generative AI in order to equip both students and faculty for success.
Cost Structures
Tech-enhanced forms of education have the potential to expand college affordability, expanding access to those who didn’t think college was within their means. However, more must be known about the current and future costs of these education technologies.
As California’s colleges look to expand their digital and tech-enhanced offerings, decision makers must clarify cost structures to reflect the unique aspects of these courses, programs, and services.
