Republishing a episode of the Signals in Higher Ed podcast, where Darin Francis interviewed me. Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90-umv2AgfY

AI didn't break academic integrity, credentialism already had.

AI has exposed a flaw in higher education that predates generative AI: institutions designed around earning credentials rather than demonstrating learning. Phil Hill argues that better cheating detection won't fix this; instead, schools must rebuild assessments around actual learning outcomes, using approaches like competency-based education, authentic assessment, and dual-stream frameworks that accommodate AI while verifying individual capability.