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Learning that stays free.
By profession I advise college presidents and boards. By conviction I believe good thinking should not sit behind a paywall. Five places to start — all free, all open to everyone.
AI Confidence 101
Seven short, plain-English lessons on using artificial intelligence in everyday life — on your own terms. For the curious and the skeptical alike. Each lesson is a five-minute read with one thing to try, from your first prompt to the family safe word that defeats voice-cloning scams.
Start the course → From the Laurel Beach sessionsFreeThe coffee talk, yours to keep
“What Is Artificial Intelligence?” — the hour-over-coffee deck that began this section. Twenty slides in plain English on what these tools are, what they are good for, and how to stay in charge. Download it, share it, host your own hour.
Download the deck → From the Laurel Beach sessionsFreeMeeting AI on your own terms
The short companion essay — four pages on approaching this technology with your judgment intact, written for the neighbor who wants the honest account without the hype. Read it in ten minutes; keep it as long as it is useful.
Read the essay → The Mission Preservation SeriesFreeWriting on Substack
Landscape and policy analysis for the people who lead mission-driven institutions — federal higher education policy, HBCU strategy, workforce intelligence, and artificial intelligence and the future of work. Written for the decision a leader faces in the next ninety days.
Read at suemukherjee.substack.com → Interactive toolFreeThe 37 million among us
Thirty-seven million American adults have some college and no credential — a neighbor, a niece, a friend from church who left two courses short. Pick a state and see how many live near you. Sometimes all a comeback takes is one person saying: you were closer than you think.
Open the estimator →This community section began as a coffee conversation with neighbors in Laurel Beach, Milford, Connecticut, and it grows the same way — one session, one lesson, one reader at a time. Questions or ideas: sue@suemukherjee.com