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The University Business Podcast: How to turn an evolution into a revolution

University Business

The next evolution of academic programming, in fact, requires revolution , Ozlem Kilic , inaugural dean of the University of Tennessee’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies , says on The University Business Podcast. ” The college isn’t just looking at STEM in new ways, Kilic adds. .

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Have the Higher Education & Research Act and the Office for Students delivered for new and ‘challenger’ providers?

HEPI

It was an enactment of the ideas put forward in 2016 by Jo Johnson, then Universities Minister, in the White Paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy. Among other things, the White Paper posited that allowing new challenger institutions to flourish would help drive up quality across the sector.

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Is AI the New Homework Machine? Understanding AI and Its Impact on Higher EducationIs AI the New Homework Machine?

WCET Frontiers

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence group defines artificial intelligence as “a term coined by emeritus Stanford Professor John McCarthy in 1955, was defined by him as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.’ Lots of kids do their homework on typewriters.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I recently ran across a white paper called Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution out of MIT’s J-WEL center. While the paper contains no groundbreaking new ideas, the gestalt of it is interesting and timely. On the bottom was the California Community College System. First, the tiers became classes.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

If there is another 0.25% increase in the base rate, as is widely anticipated, this will place government and university finances under further pressure over the next few years with significant negative implications for HE students, the UK Government’s education budget in general and the further education college budget in particular.

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Toward a Sector-Wide AI Tutor R&D Program

eLiterate

In a recent keynote on AI and durable skills, I argued that our tendency to teach and learn from each other through communications and transportation technologies formed the engine of human civilization’s advancement. That’s why so many of us have a memory of a great teacher who had a huge impact on our lives.

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Beyond Ideas: Implementing Innovative Structures in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 179 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Philomena "Philly" Mantella

The Change Leader, Inc.

This approach serves as inspiration and how-to for colleges and universities looking to thrive in a new era of learning, prepare students for success in their careers, and benefit society. About Our Podcast Guest Philomena V. I’ve worked at virtually every level of higher education, from community college to graduate-only schools.