Credentials That Count: What Students Say About AI, College Costs and the Path to Work
Explore how undergraduates are thinking about the ROI on their college experience.
What makes a college credential valuable to students today, and are institutions delivering? Drawing on expert perspectives and a year’s worth of insights from Inside Higher Ed’s Student Voice: Amplified survey and reporting series, this discussion will explore how undergraduates are thinking about the return on their college experience—academically, financially, as individuals and in preparation for life after graduation.
The webcast will take a wide view of student success but ultimately focus in on three factors reshaping the value of a credential to students: the rise of artificial intelligence on campus, the hidden and visible burdens of college costs, and the urgent student demand for work-integrated learning.
Can't attend the webcast? You should still register—all registrants will receive a recording of the webcast and a copy of the presentation slides.
Additional resources:
- IHE Student Voice coverage & surveys
- “Decoding Student Trust” (Inside Higher Ed)
- “The Costs Students Don’t See Coming—and Why They Matter” (Inside Higher Ed)
- IHE special report | “Beyond Tuition: The Hidden Costs of College and Their Disproportionate Impact”
- “A Foot in the Door” (Inside Higher Ed)
- “Why Students Aren’t All In on AI—and What They Want From Colleges” (Inside Higher Ed)
- AACRAO and Sova book on learning mobility | Learning Mobility: Empowering Educational Jouneys Beyond Traditional Pathways
- The Credential Society by Randall Collins
- Butler University is working with agency IQ4 on digital wallets and career preparation
- RAND research study | "Analysis for Public Policy Decisions" by E. S. Quade
- Jobs and Employment Data Exchange (JEDx)
