Podcast Episode: Future-Ready Education at MiraCosta College with Foresight, Equity, and Generative AI

06/11/2024
In this Institute for the Future (IFTF) podcast episode, IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis talks with Dr. Sunita “Sunny” Cooke, President of MiraCosta College, and Dr. Wendy Stewart, the college's Chief Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Officer. They discuss how this institution, serving North San Diego County in California, has embraced foresight and futures thinking to become a future-ready public community college. The conversation explores MiraCosta's innovative degree programs designed to prepare students for emerging fields like generative AI and the importance the college places on taking an equitable approach to meet the diverse needs of tomorrow's students. 

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