Ep. 34 Fantasy Draft: What Was Already Broken in Higher Ed Before AI?

Ep. 34 Fantasy Draft: What Was Already Broken in Higher Ed Before AI?
Nik Janos and Zach Justus

Did generative AI really break higher education or did it simply expose what was already broken? In this episode of Unfixed, Zach and Nik make the case that many of the biggest disruptions we’re experiencing today were decades in the making. After exploring how AI reveals the shortcomings of everything from recipe websites to Google search, they bring the conversation to higher education with a fantasy sports-style draft, each selecting the five institutional practices that AI has most clearly exposed as outdated, fragile, or overdue for reinvention. Come for the laughs, stay for the conversation about what higher education should fix first.

Justus and Janos, No, the Pre-AI Era Was Not That Great 

Justus and Janos, Your AI Policy Is Already Obsolete

Justus and Janos, Assessment of Student Learning Is Broken

Unfixed, Ep. 8 We Built and AI Advising Bot, Here is What Happened

Unfixed, Ep. 13 Why AI Use Policies are Already Obsolete

Unfixed, Ep. 25 Are Asynchronous Online Classes Broken?

Janos, The Assistant for the Rest of Us

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Nik Janos

Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico.

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