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The Future of Equitable AI in Higher Education

Insight Into Diversity

As AI (artificial intelligence) continues to reshape industries, Complete College America (CCA) launched its Council on Equitable AI in 2024, a significant move that addresses systemic inequities in higher education. This initiative highlights AI’s growing role in educational settings and its potential to advance student success.

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Ask not what you can do for engineering…

HEPI

Engineering is a UK powerhouse sector, growing in all UK regions and impacting all economic sectors. Engineers design, build and maintain the infrastructure, products and services that our economy and society depend on, provide life-saving medical devices, and are the drivers in our transition to a more sustainable world.

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Olin College President Steps Down Amid Financial Strain, Latest in String of Higher Ed Leadership Exits

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts, will leave her position at the end of the academic year, adding to the growing list of higher Dr. Gilda Barabino education leadership departures. However, financial difficulties continued to plague the institution under her leadership.

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Will the use of generative AI shift higher education from a knowledge-first system to a skills-first system?

HEPI

The higher education sector places the highest importance on creating, collecting, and applying knowledge. The advent of search engines has made acquiring knowledge more accessible, while generative AI has automated the communication of knowledge. When and why can something be considered the truth? appeared first on HEPI.

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Weekend Reading: Rethinking the Cost of Higher Education – A Lecture Revisited

HEPI

More than eleven years later, we revisit his lecture to consider what lessons it holds for today’s higher education sector. John Denham, March 2025 RSA Lecture The Cost of Higher Education Good evening. I want to change the terms of the debate, not present a detailed plan for university education.

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Two London unis merge to become “powerful multi-faculty” institution

The PIE News

On August 1 last year, City, University of London formally merged with St Georges, University of London, creating a powerful multi-faculty institution with a distinctive focus on professional education and research at the frontier of practice. The merger is timely given the pressures faced by our universities and the NHS, she explains.

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New taskforce launched to explore UK mergers

The PIE News

The taskforce on efficiency and transformation in higher education will be chaired by Nigel Carrington, former vice chancellor at University of the Arts London. Truly impactful transformation will best be delivered through partnership and collaboration at both a regional and a national level.