Revolution or Rerun: Will Higher Ed’s AI Moonshots Break Through?

Postsecondary is continually awash in nontraditional offerings that threaten to upend the industry, from massive open online courses to boot camps. None have succeeded. With the advent of accessible AI, WGU Labs has embarked on a moonshot: a degree for the cost of a gym membership. Will this ultimately transform the postsecondary landscape? More importantly, will students buy it this time? In this debate, leading voices in AI-EdTech, higher ed, and media will discuss whether continued innovations will gain the traction needed to upend the system - or if history will continue to repeat itself.