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The Future of Equitable AI in Higher Education

Insight Into Diversity

The council’s mission is to ensure that AI technology is developed and implemented to promote inclusivity rather than amplify privilege. The way schools adopt or reject these tools, the priorities of AI vendors, and the inclusion of historically underrepresented voices will shape whether AI fosters inclusivity or amplifies privilege.”

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Engineering success center opens at Boise State

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Boise State University opened its Micron Student Success Center earlier this year and will formally induct the space in April, offering a consolidation of resources for its engineering students to promote a sense of belonging and create a resource center. ’” explains JoAnn Lighty, dean of the College of Engineering.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting with programs for middle and high school students, through supports for graduate students, the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has provided inspiration, insight, encouragement, and community for engineering students.

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Diversifying the Workforce for Data-Related Jobs Starts with Inclusivity in Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My computational chemistry laboratory has benefitted from our twinned focus on data and inclusion and serves as a case study for how access to meaningful research opportunities encourages people from all backgrounds to pursue data-related careers. Students pursuing careers in all sectors will benefit from data skills.

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Algorithmic Bias Continues to Negatively Impact Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is essential for institutional actors to understand how models perform for specific groups. Our study indicates that models perform better for students categorized as white and Asian,” said Dr. Denisa Gándara, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of the study.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The needs of freshmen are also carefully considered, with INSPIRE (Incoming Student Program for Inclusion, Retention and Excellence) as well as student support programs like EOP (Educational Opportunity Program) and EXCEL, which create strong networks of support. When looking at mid-size metropolitan cities in the U.S.,

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Open universities: between radical promise and market reality

SRHE

Yet, as higher education is increasingly reshaped by market logics, can open universities still claim to be engines of social progress, or have they become institutions that now reproduce the very inequalities they sought to dismantle? This question is not merely academic; it is profoundly political.