CHE Virtual Forum: AI’s Impact on Career Readiness: Teaching ‘Human Skills’

October 20, 2026

AI can draft the email, summarize the report, and build the spreadsheet. It can’t run the meeting, resolve the disagreement, or read the room. That’s the work employers increasingly say new graduates aren’t ready for — and it’s exactly the territory “human skills” are supposed to cover.

This virtual forum was designed for anyone responsible for getting students ready for that career reality: provosts, career-services leaders, faculty, and program designers.

Watch the on-demand recording to learn:

What strategies document those skills so they show up on transcripts and mean something to employers.

How institutions are teaching teamwork, communication, and navigating difference.

Which practical approaches can help assess these skills in the classroom.