Gen Alpha Meets AI: Preparing the Next Wave of Global Talent

As Gen Z graduates confront a shifting, AI-disrupted job market, Gen Alpha undergraduates are next in line; and international educators have a powerful role to play. Study abroad, virtual exchange, and globally inclusive campuses offer more than cross-cultural learning; they build the human skills that are difficult for AI to replicate. This session explores how global learning experiences, whether virtual or physical, can help students build the adaptability, empathy, digital fluency, and resilience employers now demand.

Discussion Topics:

• What skills employers say they need and how global learning delivers them
• Tech-enhanced global experiences (COIL, virtual exchange, digital storytelling) as scalable equity tools
• Reframing global education in career readiness language: Helping faculty, career services, and leadership understand the long-term value of global competencies in an AI world.
• Collaboration across units: aligning global education with career development, AI literacy, and digital inclusion

Panelists:

• Katie Lander, Global Director Career & Internship Programs, CEA CAPA
• Esther-Gail Fraser, Data Analyst, OneTrust (Madrid, Spain)
• Kathrina Bell, Ed.D., Adjunct Professor, Domincan University of California

Moderator:

• Claudio Castaneda, Director of Content & Programs, DA Global Access Network