Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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As AI ushers in a fourth industrial revolution and universities face the onset of the demographic cliff, what does the future of higher education look like?

In this episode of Ideas Matter, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and Stanford University’s Mitchell Stevens discuss how higher education reached this crossroads and what kinds of institutional changes need to take place in order to create a more equitable society.

Ideas Matter | WashU
Episode 8
May 26, 2026

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