---
id: "question-higher-ed-adaptation"
type: "open-question"
source_timestamps: ["§ Beyond the Organization: A Societal Shift", "¶25"]
tags: ["education", "curriculum-design"]
related: ["concept-microwaving-ideas"]
resolutionPath: "Development of new pedagogical models that emphasize the process of intellectual struggle and systems thinking over easily automatable output generation."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-edu-46-perils-replace-entry-level"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/09/the-perils-of-using-ai-to-replace-entry-level-jobs"
sourceTitle: "The Perils of Using AI to Replace Entry-Level Jobs"
---
# How Will Higher Education Adapt to AI-Driven Shifts?

**Open question:** The text notes that professors have not significantly adapted their courses to the seismic shifts created by AI, largely because the ultimate requirements of the future workforce are unknown. If the purpose of higher education is to prepare effective contributors, how curricula must change to foster deep learning without being bypassed by AI remains unresolved.

**Resolution path:** Develop new pedagogical models that emphasize the *process* of intellectual struggle and systems thinking over easily automatable output generation — the educational analog of avoiding [[concept-microwaving-ideas]]. Enrichment counterpoint: emerging evidence suggests pedagogically-designed AI (as tutor/coach) can deepen rather than cheapen learning, so the resolution is likely structured AI use, not AI avoidance.