Gen Alpha Meets AI: Preparing the Next Wave of Global Talent

Panel Discussion

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 11:00 am ET

As Gen Z graduates confront a shifting, AI-disrupted job market, Gen Alpha undergraduates are next in line; and international educators have a powerful role to play. Study abroad, virtual exchange, and globally inclusive campuses offer more than cross-cultural learning; they build the human skills that are difficult for AI to replicate. This session explores how global learning experiences, whether virtual or physical, can help students build the adaptability, empathy, digital fluency, and resilience employers now demand.

Relevance to International Education Professionals:

• Global learning as an AI-proof skill builder: How international experiences strengthen uniquely human competencies (e.g., cross-cultural communication, adaptability, ethical reasoning, teamwork).
• Digital global experiences: The role of COIL, virtual internships, and other scalable tech-enabled global learning models.
• International students on campus: How their presence enriches the learning environment—and how institutions can better integrate them into Gen Alpha skill-building narratives.
• Reframing global education in career readiness language: Helping faculty, career services, and leadership understand the long-term value of global competencies in an AI world.

Discussion Topics:

• What skills employers say they need and how global learning delivers them
• Tech-enhanced global experiences (COIL, virtual exchange, digital storytelling) as scalable equity tools
• Supporting first-gen and historically excluded students in building digital + global confidence
• Collaboration across units: aligning global education with career development, AI literacy, and digital inclusion

Panelists

• Katie Lander, Global Director Career & Internship Programs, CEA CAPA
• Esther-Gail Fraser, Data Analyst,  OneTrust

Pricing

• Members: No Fee (members must be logged in and have a licensed access to receive member pricing)
• Non-Members: $99

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