Futuresinfocus

In a world about to be dominated by technologies like AI and ML, and Chat GPT and run by machines computing, sensing, and learning on the edge, do we need more people with university degrees, or do we need a whole new approach to educating ourselves through our lives? It’s an existential moment for how we collectively consider our own educational investments and debt as well as the decisions we might be making for our children or grandchildren. The idea that a university education sets you up for life has been questioned for the first time in recent years. A typical US university education will cost between $120,000 for a four-year degree to over $250,000. It’s increasingly becoming common in the US for this to take six years and come closer to $300,000. Average college debt might take twenty years to pay back, and the interest rates (even with current inflationary levels) make this one of the most expensive decisions we will make in our lives, and it is often made in our teens. Is there a better wa