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Georgetown and Howard Universities Awarded $3 Million for Medical Humanities Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Georgetown University and Howard University have been awarded a $3 million grant to help fund the establishment of a center for medical humanities. year grant from the Mellon Foundation will go towards the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice, which aims to reduce health disparities in D.C.

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Humanities majors should pay lower tuition (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

That the humanities are in crisis will surprise exactly no one. Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. in economics as it does in humanities fields in most American universities?

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AI is the future: stop acting like it’s just another buzzword

The PIE News

AI-driven predictive tools help universities identify high-yield regions, anticipate visa trends, and allocate resources more effectively in real time. While AI will never replace human relationships at the heart of international recruitment, it can enhance them. Recruitment is evolving just as quickly.

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Open Access: A Benefit Not a Burden That is Worth the Cost

HEPI

The proposed enlargement of the REF mandate to include long-form humanities work (books) will extend these benefits to these outputs. This is particularly pertinent at a time when humanities departments are under threat. This calculation is based on the published QR allocation of £166m to Oxford University for the year 2023-24.

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Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They need to be aware that algorithms can be biased and unfair because of bias in the history, data. Institutions use algorithms to predict college success, admissions, allocation for financial aid, inclusion in student success programs, recruitment, and many more tasks. All the algorithms can see and learn,” said Anahideh.

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Leading the Revolution: The Crucial Role of HBCUs in Steering AI Leadership

WCET Frontiers

HBCUs, with their history of academic excellence and commitment to inclusivity, are uniquely positioned to address these challenges, turning them into opportunities for their students and the broader community.” Its influence spans across all sectors, heralding a new age of innovation and problem-solving.

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AI Mindscape Prompting

eLiterate

Exploring the less-discussed aspects of how AI works and its implications for human interaction sounds fascinating. I don’t inherently “know” why an apple and a bicycle are different in the way a human does (one grows on trees and is edible, the other is a manufactured mode of transport).