Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

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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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

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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Dan Cohen

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Multimedia essays from the Plant Humanities Lab were recently posted and are worth a look. A good place to start is with the strange history of the banana , as illustrated by Ashley Buchanan in one of her Juncture-powered PHL pieces. But winemaking is instructive in our technological age because it pushes back against these algorithms.

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UW Presidential Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

We have undergone tough times before, but unquestionably, we now face some of the most significant challenges in our institution’s 164-year history. You produce research that expands the bounds of human knowledge and scholarship that opens the door to new ways of thinking about and solving our most pressing problems.

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eLiterate

APRIL 2, 2025

As someone who’s trained on information about educational technology and standards organizations, I do have some knowledge about 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium), though my training data only goes through early 2023, so I might not be familiar with the most recent developments. Let’s start at the beginning.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

While AI will never replace human relationships at the heart of international recruitment, it can enhance them. AI is advancing faster than any technology in history, and universities cannot afford to wait for committees or quarterly board meetings to decide the way forward. Yet, the urgency to act cannot be overstated.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. To make history, it's helpful to know history. The schoos also taught religious ideologies to rationalize their crimes against humanity. In many cases it has been horrifying. Much of it has not.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education. The 18th-century Jaquet-Droz automatamechanical dolls mimicking human actionsfurthered this vision (Riskin, 2016). This echoes Karel apek’s R.U.R.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

There’s a pervasive sense among many adults with humanities degrees that In the wake of deconstruction, poststructuralism, postmodernism, semiotics and the cultural, linguistic and discursive turns, literary studies, in particular, like other core humanities disciplines, is in deep trouble. The field has fragmented.

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ACRLog

JUNE 23, 2025

The letter levels several accusations: spreading propaganda, rewriting the details of events in American history, and failing to provide “neutral” educational content—content that allegedly benefits foreign powers. For libraries, this just means adapting to yet another wave of technological innovation. We cannot take it for granted.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

JANUARY 23, 2025

However, these advancements also raise challenges, such as addressing biases in AI systems , improving equitable access to technology, and integrating these tools effectively into established medical curricula. His human-centred approach proposes that technology could enhance, not replace, personal aspects of care.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2025

And thanks to massive advancements in technology, innovative colleges and universities can better connect with learners to bring them the individualised, optimised experiences they deserve. To truly transform education, we must focus on what people need to learn and give equal merit to how they experience learning.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

And while it is just the latest in a seven decades-old history of AI and Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) that can generate content like text, images, music, etc., For me, ChatGPT is just another in a long line of technology-assisted tools that I accept may become a routine part of my professional/personal life.

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HEPI

JANUARY 14, 2024

How could a degree in History and Politics be so useful in financial technology? Humanities and social sciences degrees have come under attack for their lack of utility, seemingly not useful in a world of big data and where artificial intelligence could soon penetrate every part of our daily lives.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

These developments have thrust some higher education leaders to defend the place the humanities hold in the halls of our most prestigious institutions. Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of melding often siloed disciplines of the humanities, arts and social sciences with STEM.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

We have been here before and can recognize the potential of technology tools in the hands of both teachers and students, which promotes more efficient learning, can save time, and focuses on what’s needed. Only affluent universities and technology companies had access to experiment with what AI could mean in the future.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

He theorized that racialization in the US during and after its Civil War could be combatted, in part, through photography; pictures of Black people as people, not property, would emphasize their humanity to those who might think otherwise. It remains Radical to emphasize the humanity of Black people.

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totallyrewired

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Catherine Mason, an expert in this field, has delved into the history of this evolution, focusing on a central question: Will machines amplify or supersede the artist? Pioneers of the Computer-Art Movement Among the pioneers was Gordon Pask, known for his interactive artworks that explored the human-machine relationship.

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University Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

This reaction is perfectly in line with studies of how materials, forms, colors, light and textures influence human psychology. In a recent project at the Rochester Institute of Technology, our design team confronted these very questions. Can we embrace the past while accommodating the future of academia?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Colleges and universities hailing from both sides of the fence are inching ever closer to the middle, integrating lessons in the humanities with STEM-based curriculum—and vice versa. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 28, 2023

In today’s modern, technology-driven world, faculty are often seeking ways to deliver a more engaging and effective learning experience. AR technology was first introduced in the 1960s by Ivan Sutherland, who developed the first ever “Head Mounted Display.” Some faculty may be intimidated by a new technology like AR.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It will become a perfectly rational super-human thinker and decision-maker. It will be superior to humans in making purely rational calculations, aiming single-mindedly at maximal profit. It will avoid crowd enthusiasms, fads, and panics; and take advantage of humans who act emotionally. It will solve all its technical problems.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It is human nature to experience a new technology and think that’s the ultimate version of such technologies. We too often fail to recognize that the latest iteration of a development is only one station along the continuum of developments.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 25, 2024

HBCUs, with their history of academic excellence and commitment to inclusivity, are uniquely positioned to address these challenges, turning them into opportunities for their students and the broader community.” Its influence spans across all sectors, heralding a new age of innovation and problem-solving.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. We pretty much have three options as international humanities majors. It prepares you for any job, anywhere.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

They need to be aware that algorithms can be biased and unfair because of bias in the history, data. Even if you use bias-mitigation technology, which you should, you may not be able to reduce unfairness from all aspects and to the full extent, mitigation technology won’t do magic,” said Anahideh. It becomes biased.”

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. When STEM disciplines integrate the humanities and arts , learning outcomes include critical thinking, resilience, self-efficacy and other valuable traits, such as “recruitment, learning and retention of women and underrepresented minorities.”

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The panellists each advocated for an emphasis on the study of the humanities in an increasingly digitised and globalised world; one in which STEM concentrations are often more highly valued. Humanities is all about understanding human society, the human spirit, [and] form,” UoB pro-vice-chancellor Andrew Stockley said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

The arrival of consumer-grade AI tools into higher ed space has been swift and “immediate” like few other things in history have been, said panelist Dr. C. We really emphasize the importance of social considerations in every technology course throughout the entire curriculum,” Barabino said. “In These new AI tools.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

If we are going to build a human bridge, we have to know each other and understand our histories,” said Garcetti. “We The work that we do… helps folks to come to research topics of common interest from science, and social sciences to medicine and history,” said Garcetti. “I

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 28, 2023

In today’s modern, technology-driven world, faculty are often seeking ways to deliver a more engaging and effective learning experience. AR technology was first introduced in the 1960s by Ivan Sutherland, who developed the first ever “Head Mounted Display.” Some faculty may be intimidated by a new technology like AR.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As the fastest-growing technology in human history, it has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives. GenAI Academy for Executives helps leaders enhance their ethical and strategic decision-making For executives, GenAI strategy formulation and technology adoption are high-stakes decisions.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Human resources in higher education is no longer limited to duties related to hiring, payroll, and employee benefitsits about shaping the core identity of an institution. Human resources is key to ensuring that each organization has a vibrant and viable culture, she said. Human resource leaders are connectors, she said.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

JULY 3, 2025

The Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor What if a human on Earth wanted to attend university in space? As an intergalactic institution, most of Oomza’s students are neither from Earth nor human, so Binti is taught by and learning alongside different types of beings. Look out for: magic-enhanced pedagogical technology!

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HEPI

JUNE 19, 2024

The proposed enlargement of the REF mandate to include long-form humanities work (books) will extend these benefits to these outputs. This is particularly pertinent at a time when humanities departments are under threat. Yet the outcry over this requirement remains, despite suggestions for how it could be equitably funded.

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Academe Blog

JULY 8, 2025

On the other hand, this attempt to “rewrite history” by feeding AI primary sources and prompts in order to build a new narrative about the California gold rush is not a healthy way to use NotebookLM: Right away, [Steven] Johnson recognized that she would make a great character. Johnson wasn’t sold on this idea yet.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MAY 1, 2025

The overwhelming majority of faculty members, especially in the humanities and social sciences, lean left politically, and university campuses have often been hotbeds of progressive activism. The decline of the humanities and social sciences has been a major casualty of this trend. status as a democratic superpower.

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