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Podcast: Spotlight on the Community
Episode: Skills Over Degrees: Navigating AI Disruption and Essential Skills with UCSD’s Center for Research and Evaluation
Description: Hugo Villar, Dean of UCSD's Division of Extended Studies, and Josh Shapiro, the division's Chief Impact and Strategy Officer, highlight the division's role in providing lifelong learning opportunities, including pre-college programs, workforce upskilling, and post-retirement courses. They emphasize the importance of skills over degrees, citing a report showing 60% of jobs don't require a formal degree. The conversation touched on the rapid pace of technological change, the need for continuous upskilling, and the significance of essential skills like communication and creative thinking in the evolving job market.About Spotlight and Cloudcast Media Â