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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

The forum is an intimate, invitation-only gathering modeled after its scientific partner, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings held each July in Lindau, Switzerland. “The half-life of knowledge in computer science is quite short. ” said Barbara Liskov, MIT Institute Professor of computer science.

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How leading universities are preparing the future workforce with digital and human skills

Coursera blog

Trending university courses in 2024 Universities launched over 650 courses on Coursera in 2024, with the majority in business, data science, and computer science. The post How leading universities are preparing the future workforce with digital and human skills appeared first on Coursera Blog.

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AI in Community Colleges: Navigating a Human-Centered Future in the Shadow of AB 2370

Faculty Focus

Note: This article used collaboration between the human author and the AI programs of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Meta AI. While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. The Bill, an act to add Section 87359.2

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AI in Community Colleges: Navigating a Human-Centered Future in the Shadow of AB 2370

Faculty Focus

Note: This article used collaboration between the human author and the AI programs of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Meta AI. While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. The Bill, an act to add Section 87359.2

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AI cheating is overwhelming the education system – but teachers shouldn’t despair | John Naughton

The Guardian - Higher Education

And some university professors, especially in the humanities, will be apprehensively pondering how to deal with students who are already more adept users of large language models (LLMs) than they are. School leavers who have university places are wondering what freshers’ week will be like. They’re right to be concerned.

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A machine can now do college-level math

Inside Higher Ed

Image: For a long time, computer scientists struggled to develop artificial intelligence that could solve difficult symbolic math. That disappointed Iddo Drori, a computer science lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose 500 students in one of his classes a couple of years ago had more questions than he had time to answer.

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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. At my institution, the units in our liberal arts college have accepted this invitation for integrative collaboration because we realize our students need holistic learning models to tackle the complex global issues they confront.