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The AI Layoffs Are Here

Higher Ed Pulse

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Mallory Willsea sits down with Jackie Davis, strategic program leader and former global employee experience head at Salesforce, to unpack the new wave of AI-driven workforce shifts. From hiring freezes to job displacement, the conversation explores how higher ed leaders can maintain trust and reframe their strategies in the age of automation. With over 300 proposals submitted for the 2025 AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Ed, the AI conversation is heating up fast—and this episode is your pulse check on what’s coming next.

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