Presented by ESG. The Mobility Engine: Transforming Higher Education for the Modern Workforce

This session is curated and moderated by Education Strategy Group. The public is questioning the value of college, and an AI-driven economy is shifting workforce demands overnight. How should leaders respond? By turning higher education into a mobility engine. Join a state higher education chief and the president of a major community college as they share the bold strategies they’re embracing to ensure education delivers measurable economic mobility and economic prosperity. We will unpack what it takes to align legacy systems with modern workforce needs, including:

• Delivering Value and Return on Investment: How states and colleges can ensure degrees and credentials provide measurable economic value to students, employers, and communities
• Expanding Career-Aligned Learning: Strategies to map academic programs directly to the evolving labor market and increase student access to high-impact work-based learning.
• Building Agility: The policy and practice shifts required to make higher education ecosystems highly responsive to major economic and technological changes, including rapid adaptation to equip students for success in an AI-impacted economy.