University Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

How higher education and the workforce is rapidly changing Advances in technology and artificial intelligence are changing the nature of work and reshaping it. However, academia hasn’t caught up with these current technological advances, including AI. There also needs to be a human-centered focus in schools.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. More from UB: Scammers, fraudsters are putting academia in peril.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“No body of written work in academia can survive the power of AI searching for missing quotation marks, failures to paraphrase appropriately, and/or the failure to properly credit the work of others,” he wrote on X , formerly Twitter. . When there is less human writing on the internet, what will that mean?

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University Business

APRIL 1, 2024

We are also seeing educators and students adopt AI faster than previous disruptive and transformative technologies. However, human knowledge and expertise have a limit and cannot adapt to the real-time network needs of a campus. Budgetary Restrictions: AI implementation at an enterprise level is not cheap.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Preparing STEM-focused professionals to see the world through technological, human, societal, and cultural lenses is distinctive, especially when so brilliantly coupled with WPI’s research and innovation ecosystem.” in polymer materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a Ph.D. Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Preparing Faculty to work with AI The University of Mississippi is pioneering new approaches to prepare faculty for emerging technologies, like generative AI, in the classroom. Together, we built assignments that asked students to engage generative technologies at different points in their writing process.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2024

Bias and unfairness in the academic world have been persistent, though emerging technologies have revolutionised how students find information and write assignments, making academic dishonesty more accessible. The panic around AI replacing human effort has calmed as knowledge has grown.

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ACRLog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

With the advancement of technology, changes in libraries should also occur to ensure user needs are met. In Bangladesh especially in academic libraries there is a lot of possibility of applying Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. One of the biggest hurdles is the mindset toward adopting new technologies.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Reports of scholars being retired early or dismissed indicate that the Iranian government has ordered a cleansing of academia in the wake of protests that have gripped the country since September. Demonstrations were triggered by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who was accused of wearing her hijab “improperly.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” “Human writers draw from our experience, judgment, and intuition.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

Just three months later, ChatGPT made artificial intelligence a popular reality, and the very definition of knowledge work, and how much of it humans will continue to do, is very much in question. These recent developments in AI have the potential to displace humans from whole categories of knowledge work.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

In my book Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022), I dive deep into my personal experience and share those of other women from across academia with the goal of shedding light and providing language for us to have open conversations about this workplace phenomenon.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

She’s found a way to pursue both, having earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and now working toward a Ph.D. She says that her support system – made up of her parents, graduate school friends, and friends outside of academia – has been crucial to her journey and her well-being.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. ” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished. Christopher A. Christopher A.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In June, Harvard University announced a $200 million gift to launch the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, an academic center dedicated to the study of one of humanity’s most pressing threats. Academia is founded on the premise of truth seeking. In May, Stanford University announced a $1.1

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

” That question has been asked more frequently, and more frantically, since the March release of the fourth evolution of ChatGPT, the generative artificial intelligence that has demonstrated an uncanny talent for imitating human language and thought. “This is a technological arms race.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

He never saw himself pursuing a career in academia until his high school biology teacher encouraged him to apply for a scholarship to Cornell University. “It He says evolutionary biology is a field with less racial diversity than other science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. He makes you excited to learn more.”

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ACRLog

JANUARY 31, 2023

As I’m sure anyone in academia is aware, ChatGPT and its AI counterparts are taking us by storm. I know I’m a bit late to the conversation, but it does feel like AI technology has exploded (or maybe I haven’t been paying attention before now). MIT Technology Review. We should be asking what “vast amounts of data” entails.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I Postal Service in Washington, D.C.,

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) are expanding the idea of partnership and generating an AI coach specially for educators, called StretchAI ([link] to create more inclusive learning experiences. Harvard Business Publishing. link] Naidu, Edwin.

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The PIE News

JULY 9, 2024

It is in synergy with the erstwhile Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) Centres and Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) of the UGC. The existing HRDCs & PMMMNMTTs shall cohesively work to train the teachers.”

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. The discourse regarding the position of AI-generated writing in academia is in its early stages.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Scholarship has nearly always been done from a position of privilege, with respect to the vast majority of the human population, as studying arcane texts or elusive natural phenomena has never been something most people have had time or resources to do.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. The discourse regarding the position of AI-generated writing in academia is in its early stages.

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totallyrewired

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This oversight raises critical questions about authorship, learning outcomes, and the linguistic competence of graduates in an environment increasingly dependent on technological assistance. Interestingly, while many universities have developed policies around generative AI, the more pervasive use of machine translation often goes unnoticed.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, aptly says, “By understanding human behavior and our values, we develop a moral compass that can guide our decision-making. Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 16, 2022

My background is in Educational Neuroscience, applying how the human brain learns to improve teaching environments. Q3: What advice do you have for current doctoral students who want to learn about opportunities outside of the traditional faculty route and potentially want to work at a learning and technology company like Coursera?

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The assignment created a bridge between academia and business (Rohm, 2019), and emphasized active learning by requiring students to develop a style guide (“Sprout Social”, 2024) and use GenAi tools such as ChatGPT, an AI tool owned by Open AI, to generate social media content for a real business. References Bruns, A.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) are expanding the idea of partnership and generating an AI coach specially for educators, called StretchAI ([link] to create more inclusive learning experiences. Harvard Business Publishing. link] Naidu, Edwin.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The assignment created a bridge between academia and business (Rohm, 2019), and emphasized active learning by requiring students to develop a style guide (“Sprout Social”, 2024) and use GenAi tools such as ChatGPT, an AI tool owned by Open AI, to generate social media content for a real business. References Bruns, A.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Universities worldwide are grappling with how to manage this new frontier of technology. But now, as AI tools generate content that is indistinguishable from human-authored work, what does it mean to be original? Despite clear institutional requirements to declare AI usage in their coursework, up to 74% of students did not comply.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

With AI a powerful force that is already changing the world, academia, too, should embrace it—but in a way that takes advantage of innovation while staying true to the values of education. As more universities develop such policies, AI platforms will ultimately respond, building in the features that allow the human to be the boss.

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