Wall Street Week Fan Favorite: AI in Higher Education and the Supply Chain, Trump’s Tariffs Hit Lesotho
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Nov 29, 2025 
In a thought-provoking dialogue, Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University and an innovator in higher education, shares how AI is transforming learning and assessment. He highlights the need for skills beyond what AI can teach. Lior Rahn, Co-founder of Uber Freight, discusses how AI and autonomy can optimize supply chains, enhancing efficiency and resilience. Taboho Kabeli, a Lesotho textile factory owner, provides insights into the economic impact of U.S. tariffs on local manufacturing, emphasizing the challenges faced by small economies.
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Teach Students To Be Master Learners
- Teach students to be 'master learners' who can learn anything and adapt across careers.
- Ground them in core disciplines, then prioritize learning-how-to-learn over fixed majors.
Nontraditional Pathways Can Outperform
- ASU uses AI-enhanced pathways to qualify nontraditional students and those entrants often outperform traditional admits.
- Crow says grit from alternative pathways yields strong outcomes.
Three AI Layers For Supply Chains
- Lior Rahn frames AI in supply chains as three layers: digitize manual flows, optimize networks, and use AI for decision-making.
- He emphasizes 'physical AI' — linking AI to autonomous vehicles — as the deepest disruption ahead.
