Campus Technology

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

ChatGPT is groundbreaking, but it's also merely the first in what will likely be a series of innovations built on foundational developments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing that are going to change the world. We spoke with Mark Schneider, director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, about how AI is transforming education and the evolving role of humans in an AI-powered future.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Around two-thirds of employers responding to a survey said they want colleges to approach them about building alternative credentials for workers.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Universities will keep a register of relationships between staff and students under new plans from OfS. Sunday Blake argues the proposals fall short on student safety The post Should we record or ban staff-student relationships? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The City University of New York (CUNY) colleges and the university’s central offices will see $750,000 distributed to support efforts seeking to address religious, racial, and ethnic bigotry at CUNY. Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez “With our continued commitment to fight against bigotry, antisemitism, and hate of all kinds, our colleges are stepping up and have developed additional programming to address these incidents,” said Dr.

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The Berkeley Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Co-authored with Ilona Sologoub (VoxUkraine) and James Hodson (AI for Good Foundation) Cemetary in Ukraine; source: individual diary entry on Svidok.org As early as April 2022, when atrocities in Irpin and Bucha (Kyiv region) became widely known, Western media began discussing whether Russia’s actions in Ukraine constitute a genocide. Some of them noted that the.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Amy Kristof-Brown became a business school dean after first serving as an interim. A lack of resources for others in similar positions stood out to her.

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Academe Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

BY SHERRYL KLEINMAN When the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees chair David Boliek explained the trustees’ rationale for seeking to create a new School of Civic Life and Leadership, he cited an imaginary problem in search of a blatantly political solution.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Did you hear that loud noise last Wednesday? For those in the middle of the country, it was the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade. For those in higher education, the U.S. Department of Education created its own rumblings by releasing new guidance with rules about any contracted services and a series of questions about companies helping institutions with online learning.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Some prominent higher ed groups rejected the proposal altogether, while others suggested metrics they say could make it work.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Should universities really need to retain every piece of assessed student work for five years? Paul Greatrix asks what happens when regulation goes too far The post The unbearable heaviness of regulation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Australia has announced the list of professions and courses that will be eligible for extended post-study work rights from July 1. Eligible programs range from health, technology, education and construction, and have been selected to respond to worker shortages in key sectors, the government said. The new measures – initially announced in September last year – will allow eligible international higher education graduates to access to an extra two years of post-study work rights.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Image: A professor who frequently testifies against Monsanto Co. in lawsuits alleging harm from toxic environmental pollutants called PCBs says that after a Monsanto lawyer filed a records request with his university, the university barred him from campus and offered him a resignation deal. “That was the very first thing that they gave me,” said the professor, David Carpenter of the University at Albany, part of the State University of New York, regarding the resignation offer.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Legislation would block state colleges from funding diversity programs, abolish gender studies degrees and restrict faculty hiring.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Mike Ewen thinks through what students need to learn to be able to do with artificial intelligence - and how it could help students develop across the range of higher education competencies The post Mapping the potential of AI in the age of competence based higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Believe it or not, summer 2023 will be here before we know it! MindMax recently hosted an interactive event with higher education leaders to discuss higher education trends regarding summer sessions : past, present, and future. The panelists in attendance included: Lowell K. Davis , Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs at University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2022 President of NAASS David Lee , Assistant Vice President for Curricular Operations and Strategy at Southern Methodist University, 2

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Image: A number of financial disincentives deter colleges from smoothly transferring students’ course credits from one institution to another, according to a new white paper by the Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board (PAB), a group of experts dedicated to transforming the transfer process. The paper, released Thursday, concludes that improving the transfer process has been hampered by short-term thinking by campus leaders concerned about how allowing credits to transfer into their instit

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Accreditor Middle States Commission on Higher Education said ASA rejected plans to have students transfer to several colleges over compliance issues.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The biases inherent in artificial intelligence are well known – and could be coming to a classroom near you. Sam Illingworth tackles the dark side of ChatGPT The post How AI could undermine diversity in the curriculum appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Educause

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Learning spaces and technology infrastructure have become increasingly important to the student experience. Higher education leaders have an obligation to reimagine hybrid learning in ways that can achieve accessible and equitable education for student success.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Wendy Thomson CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London. Starting university can be daunting. Even more so for those who face additional barriers to accessing higher education. For students who are care experienced or are estranged from their families, there’s more to consider than just getting the right grades – access to the right support, both practical and emotional, is key to making the best plans for their future.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The publication known for its embattled Best Colleges rankings acquired CollegeAdvisor.com, it said Tuesday.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Michelle Morgan argues that we need a better understanding of student drop-outs if we are to retain students through the cost of living crisis. The post We don’t know what we don’t know appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

How an opportunity to write separately but in one place has created a vibrant, visible scholarly community at a small college. By Dana M. Polanichka and Aubrey Westfall How an opportunity to write separately but in one place has created a vibrant, visible scholarly community at a small college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons at public college campuses in West Virginia passed by a landslide in the state's House of Delegates Feb. 21, NPR reported. This move sends the bill to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who has not made any public indication of whether he will sign it into law. As it stands now, the state prohibits carrying guns on public college and university campuses.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Critics argue the proposal damages tenure protections intended to allow faculty to pursue unpopular research without fear of reprisal.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Do AI advancements highlight problems with assessment itself? James Bagshaw, Charles Knight, and David Kernohan assess the evidence The post ChatGPT, assessment and cheating – have we tried trusting students? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Educause

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Using learning management systems strategically and consistently across courses can help students and faculty save time and energy.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

To whom and for what are students accountable in higher education? The language of “holding” students accountable connotes a kind of control faculty wield over students, carrying the threat of consequences if students do not answer to the demands placed on them. But what if we as faculty thought about “holding” in a different way—as holding space for students to take agency and as holding students as they took that agency?

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Competency-based education has the potential to meet adult learners’ educational needs faster.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Much of the debate about AI has focused on student work and academic offences. For Xianghan and Michael O'Dea there are implications for the conduct of research too The post Can AI support academic research? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Image: Opponents and proponents of legalizing marijuana have long debated whether prohibiting or decriminalizing it would lead to increased usage of the drug by young people. The jury may still be out on who’s right, although some studies have shown that recreational cannabis use increased by 20 percent in states that legalized it. Twenty-one states , along with Washington, D.C., and Guam, have legalized the sale, use and production of marijuana; 27 states have decriminalized it, and resea

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

“Making dreams a reality is a common thread throughout the lives and stories of our Alumni Awards finalists,” said Elizabeth Tresnan, campaign director for Study UK , at North American awards ceremony at The British Embassy in Washington DC. The British Council’s Study UK Alumni Awards is celebrated in multiple locations throughout the world, with finalists then eligible to apply for the worldwide award in one of the four categories: Business and Innovation, Science and Sustainability, Culture a

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“At present, there are not enough qualified applicants to fill all the state’s job vacancies,” the administrative order said.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

On the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to Kyiv The post Higher education postcard: Kyiv Polytechnic Institute appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Image: Career readiness is a critical part of students’ postgraduate success in the workforce. The National Association of Colleges and Employers’ 2022 Student Survey found that graduating seniors who used career center services received more job offers on average, compared to their peers who did not. While the advantages of career services are clear, higher education professionals must implement effective modeling and teaching for their students to navigate career readiness.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Does artificial intelligence have a place in the classroom? That’s yet to be decided as generative AI tools, namely ChatGPT, continue to rock the higher education sphere. What we do know is that efforts to curb cheating have steadily increased since its inception. OpenAI, the chatbot’s creator, launched its own AI-writing detector several weeks ago, yet it’s not 100% accurate, according to the company.

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