July 2026
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
4h 55m
English
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Praise for Reclaiming Purpose
“A rare book that treats AI not as a threat to education, but as the moment to reclaim education's deepest purpose: shaping wise humans.”
—Maria AnguianoEntrepreneur in Residence, College Futures Foundation
“Higher education is at an inflection point, needing to reimagine itself for our times and for the Age of AI into which we are speeding. Reclaiming Purpose offers a compelling vision for the future of our sector, one that restores higher education to its highest calling for both developing individual human potential and contributing to a better world.”
—Judith RodinPresident Emerita, University of Pennsylvania
“This book greets the great transformation of AI not with fear, but with a kind of glad-hearted wonder at what it might mean for human flourishing. It is a manifesto for a gentler, wiser future—one in which universities and their faculty dare to reimagine teaching and learning as profoundly human acts. Written in Paul's warm, engaging style and stippled with stories as well as evidence, this book might unsettle you about the Age of AI, but it will also leave you hopeful for an enlightened future in which people matter more, and in which every learner can feel that mattering in their soul.”
—Mary Curnock Cook, CBETrustee, Higher Education Policy Institute
“AI's accelerating pace has exposed how ill-prepared our education systems are for a world of machines, having long failed to cultivate core human capacities such as critical thinking, ...
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