EDUCAUSE 🎙️ Episodes

#229: You Can Write an AI Policy Today. The Feds Will Rewrite It Tomorrow.
March 31, 2026

#229: You Can Write an AI Policy Today. The Feds Will Rewrite It Tomorrow.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Dr. Vanessa Kenon from UTSA, Tonya Bennett from the University of Pennsylvania, and Tim Boltz from Carahsoft break down how universities are building student workforce pipelines, navigating AI’s legal wild west, and cutting through procurement complexity - all before the pace of change outstrips them.

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#225: CSU, UT System & Palo Alto Networks on AI Access, Cybersecurity at Scale & the CSU Promise
March 11, 2026

#225: CSU, UT System & Palo Alto Networks on AI Access, Cybersecurity at Scale & the CSU Promise

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Ed Clark from CSU, William Huang from UT System, and Chuck Romero from Palo Alto break down what it actually takes to close the AI divide across 460,000 students — and why browser security is now the front line.

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#224: UCLA, Vanderbilt & Ericsson on 5G vs Wi-Fi on Campus
March 6, 2026

#224: UCLA, Vanderbilt & Ericsson on 5G vs Wi-Fi on Campus

In this EDUCAUSE episode, leaders from UCLA, Vanderbilt, and Ericsson break down the 5G vs WiFi campus debate and what it means for the future of higher education networking.

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#223: Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell & NVIDIA on AI Workforce Development
March 2, 2026

#223: Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell & NVIDIA on AI Workforce Development

In this EDUCAUSE episode, leaders from Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell, and NVIDIA break down what's actually broken in higher ed workforce pipelines — and what AI workforce development can do to fix it.

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#222: ASU, UCSB & Tanium on Why AI Efficiency Isn't Enough in Higher Ed
Feb. 26, 2026

#222: ASU, UCSB & Tanium on Why AI Efficiency Isn't Enough in Higher Ed

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Kyle Bowen from Arizona State University, Joe Sabado from UC Santa Barbara, and Doug Thompson from Tanium make the case that efficiency was never supposed to be the finish line — and break down what responsible AI adoption actually looks like when it connects to the mission.

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