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Humane Ingenuity 46: Can Engineered Writing Ever Be Great?

Dan Cohen

As we await the next generation of engineered writing, of tools like ChatGPT that are based on large language models (LLMs), it is worth pondering whether they will ever create truly great and unique prose, rather than the plausible-sounding mimicry they are currently known for. This is an impressive feat.

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Transforming Strategic Enrollment Management: The New Model for Higher Ed

Liaison International

Key Takeaways: Traditional “funnel” models for enrollment management are outdated, as they focus on broad recruitment rather than personalized, data-driven approaches. Beyond traditional leveraging models, a next-level strategy to deploy is the optimization of aid leveraging models.

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AI and Student Recruitment: Bridging Technology and Human Connection 

Liaison International

However, the key lies in leveraging AI to augment human effort, not replace it. Challenges in AI-Generated Content AI-generated content, while efficient, has limitations that institutions must navigate carefully: SEO considerations | Search engines prioritize high-quality, original content with human authorship.

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AI in Higher Education: Enhancing, Not Replacing, Human Decision Making

Liaison International

While some fear that AI might replace human judgment, the reality is that AI serves as a powerful tool to enhance human expertise. In graduate admissions, for example, AI tools can assist in evaluating candidates by analyzing large datasets to identify patterns and insights that may not be immediately apparent to human evaluators.

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AI Chat Bot Can Conduct Research Interviews on Unprecedented Scale

Inside Higher Ed

The freely available tool performs strongly in trials against human interviewers and traditional online surveys. Two London School of Economics scholars have developed a chat bot powered by a large language model that, they say, can complete interviews with thousands of participants in a matter of hours.

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UPCEA’s Jim Fong on Using Data to Drive Higher Ed Innovation

MindMax

Shifting from degree-centric models to stackable credentials One of the most critical shifts Fong identifies is the movement away from traditional degree programs toward stackable credentials. The whole registrar relationship in the past was very rules-based…all built around the 120 credit or the 30 or 36 credit graduate model,” Fong notes.

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Rethinking the Financial Challenge of English Universities

HEPI

The business model of English higher education is broken. They introduced fees, first as a small proportion of the actual cost in 2006, and then to cover the entire cost in 2012 (at least for Business degrees, Humanities and the Social Sciences). This is in addition to the moral and commercial challenges of this business model.