Connectivity with Business Comes Before Relevance

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Monday, September 21, 2026
As part of The Reform Dialogue series, ETEducation spoke with Lily Bi, President and Chief Executive Officer, AACSB International, on the future of business education, the impact of AI, changing employer expectations and why business schools need to move beyond degree-centric models towards lifelong learning.
Artificial intelligence is forcing business schools to rethink what they teach, and what they ultimately prepare students for. Lily Bi, President and Chief Executive Officer of AACSB International, the global business education association and accreditation body, believes the transformation needs to go well beyond adding AI to the curriculum.