Susan Fuhrman, Ph.D.
President Emerita, Teachers College, Columbia University
In an AI world, a key skill will be ‘discernment.’ Individuals will need to decide what is real, relevant, and true, and reject the opposite. This will involve relying less on doing original research than in a pre-AI world and more refined abilities around decision-making and selecting.
Dr. Susan Fuhrman is President Emerita of Teachers College, Columbia University, founding Director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE), and Past President of the National Academy of Education. A nationally recognized leader in education policy, she previously served as Dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, where she was the George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education.
Dr. Fuhrman has led efforts to strengthen university and school partnerships, including initiatives in West Philadelphia and West Harlem, to support community-based school improvement. She has served on numerous boards, including the Pardee RAND Graduate School, the American College of Greece, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the Goldie Hawn Foundation, and was a non-executive director of Pearson plc.
