The Five Forces Reshaping Higher Education: A Foresight Primer

An explainer on the demographic, financial, competitive, technological, and attitudinal forces driving structural change. Readers learn to distinguish temporary disruptions from permanent shifts using a foresight lens.

Explores how generative AI makes passive information delivery obsolete. Discusses evidence-based alternatives that re-center faculty as high-value mentors rather than content distributors, without prescribing specific tools.

Breaks down why traditional degrees are becoming “illegible” to employers and how skills-based hiring changes the value proposition. Offers a framework for making credentials more verifiable and portable.