Michael Horrigan
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
What AI is doing to teaching, assessment, and hiring, and the cross-institutional conversations we need to keep pace.
RSVP for the conference Free · takes about 30 secondsThe program sits at the intersection of how we teach with AI, how we assess what students have learned, what the labor market is asking of graduates, and the peer networks that make any of this tractable across institutions.
Five confirmed voices anchor the day, drawn from research, teaching, and the labor-market side of the AI question. Additional speakers will be announced as the program firms up.
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
University of Michigan
London School of Economics
University of Toronto
University of Notre Dame
The full slate of talks, panels, and discussions is still being assembled. Below is a representative sample of the conversations the day is being built around — additional sessions and speakers will be announced as plans firm up.
How instructors are designing courses, assignments, and assessments now that students have copilots at hand.
Shifts in hiring criteria, day-one job tasks, and the skills industry is screening for in an AI-saturated labor market.
A view from the publishers and edtech firms building the AI-native tools our students will use next.
How a central-bank perspective reads the evidence on AI's impact on productivity, employment, and wages.
Friday, October 16, 2026 at Western Michigan University. Free to attend. Let us know you're joining so we can plan the room, the lunch, and the evening reception.
Thanks for the RSVP. We'll follow up with details as October 16 gets closer.