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• ‘Professional degree’ list is expanded. But education still didn’t make the cut. - Anna Merod, Higher Ed Dive
  The designation comes with an increased federal student loan cap of $200,000 for graduate programs. Education graduate degree programs remain excluded from the U.S. Department of Education’s “professional” designation, despite the agency recently adding to the fields considered as such. That expansion came in response to a recent court order that temporarily blocked new regulations […]
• 6 HBCUs Launch Course-Sharing Partnership - Joshua Bay, Inside Higher Ed
  The new initiative lets students take classes across institutions without transferring or losing progress toward a degree. In response, eHBCU, a group of six historically Black colleges and universities launched last year, announced a new course-sharing partnership last week that allows students to remain enrolled at their home institution while accessing courses offered at other […]
• College-educated job seekers are facing the music: A degree isn’t always enough - Sasha-Ann Simons, WBEZ
  College used to be a reliable path to a professional career. Now, facing an increase in layoffs and a difficult job market, some workers say it’s not enough. In The Loop learns more about why this is happening and what it means for both workers and the economy. GUESTS: Noam Scheiber, New York Times reporter […]
• Digital Technology Learning Among Older Adults: Exploring the effectiveness of Peer-to-Peer and Other Learning Approaches - Curtain University
  As digital technologies, from smartphone to digital home assistants, increasingly become embedded in everyday life, older adults are expected to engage with online services, mobile applications, communication platforms, healthcare and support system, and digital government services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults demonstrated increased engagement in online activities, particularly for communication and entertainment purposes. Despite […]
• The effect of brief mindfulness practice on online training effectiveness: the chain mediating role of attention and motivation to learn - Fengli Mu, et al; Nature
  The integration of mindfulness practice within online training programs has gained traction due to its potential to enhance learning effectiveness. This study investigates the impact of a 9-min online mindfulness exercise on mitigating distractions during online learning and their influence on training effectiveness. Two empirical studies (n study 1 = 93, n study 2 = 116) were conducted within […]
• Students who value AI ethics may regulate their learning more effectively - Emma Thompson, Ed Tech Innovatioin Hub
  University students who view artificial intelligence through the lens of ethics and social good may be more effective at planning, monitoring, and evaluating their learning with the technology, according to new research. The study found that students’ perceived autonomy and critical thinking directly predicted self-regulated learning with AI. Their beliefs about responsible AI use and […]
• The twilight of the chatbots - One Useful Thing, Ethan Mollick
  he evidence points to accelerating capability gains as well (though the frontier stays jagged, and AIs remain weak in many places). This is especially obvious when we look at the ability of AIs to do real work. There are a few good assessments that try to measure how much human work AIs can do. Two […]
• The seven operating truths of AI-native companies - McKinsey
  These are not isolated experiments. Over the past several months, we have met with the tech and business leaders at 15 AI-centric companies—spanning continents, industries, and stages of development, from four-person start-ups to established global platforms—to learn what it takes to make AI capabilities truly deliver. We expected to hear 15 different stories. Instead, this […]
• Why these three-year degree pilots are sparking strong pushback - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  Two leading educators associations are speaking out against the growing wave of three-year bachelor’s degrees as two pilots gain approval in Massachusetts. On Sunday, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) lambasted accelerated programs for prioritizing speed over academic integrity. “A bachelor’s degree should both prepare students for the […]
• Online, Professional and Continuing Education Blog by UPCEA listed among the Best 80 Higher Education Blogs!
  Thanks to FeedSpot.com for once again listing this blog among the very best blogs on higher education. It is an honor to receive this recognition. We appreciate the affirmation and support. Thank you Feedspot!https://bloggers.feedspot.com/higher_education_blogs/
• Trump administration expands list of graduate degrees subject to higher borrowing limits - Annie Nova, CNBC
  Many graduate students will be subject to higher federal student loan caps than previously expected, after a court ruling last week. On Monday, the Education Department published the updated and longer list of over 20 professional degrees that will qualify enrolled students to borrow up to $50,000 a year instead of $20,500. Those eligible degrees […]
• Inside a University’s ‘AI Kitchen’ - Jashua Bay, Inside Higher Ed
  Every Friday Le helps welcome about 50 participants for nearly four-hour sessions where attendees test new AI tools and explore how they’re used across fields ranging from medicine and marketing to education and real estate. “During one session we had a staff member from [the] Anthropology [Department], and they brought in a lot of new, […]
• As international enrollment falls, U.S. students face program cuts and higher prices - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
  Harrison Keller was starting only his second year as president of the University of North Texas last fall when he was abruptly confronted with a big problem. Enrollment was down. And the source of the crisis made it much worse: In the wake of Trump administration moves to deny and revoke visas, deport international students […]
• Virginia and Ohio join effort to design 3-year bachelor’s degrees - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  Virginia is teaming up with Ohio to design a blueprint for three-year bachelor’s degrees that would require 90 credits for graduation. The partnership comes as more states and institutions mull shorter pathways to college. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia announced Thursday that it plans to work together with several private and public […]
• Will AI in education succeed? - Brad Olsen and Jobin Thomas, Brookings
  In May 1959, the first PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations) system was unveiled at the University of Illinois. This means that last month was the 67th anniversary of the birth of Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI). Such an event merits a look at technology in education today. Many people are currently either for or against […]
• How Emerging Leaders Can Strengthen Their Strategic Thinking Muscle - Jennifer Flock, McKinsey
  As you prepare for the C-suite, strategic thinking is the ability to lift your focus beyond immediate execution and see how your decisions shape the organization’s longer-term direction. You need to develop pattern recognition—the ability to spot themes across functions, markets, and stakeholders—and understand how trade-offs in one area affect performance in another. To be […]
• ‘RAISE US’ Is a Rare Positive Development in AI Transformation - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  Remarkably, in this highly partisan era of American history, there is a newly formed, nonpartisan association with the stated purpose of “partnering with governors, employers and training partners to help the American workforce make a successful transition to an AI economy.” This is the first large-scale, independent entity formed to address the challenge that is […]
• The Apprenticeship Wish List - Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed
  Apprenticeships are growing. But experts say that without more funding, updated laws and better data, the U.S. is still far from the system they know is possible. The No. 1 thing missing, they say, is money. The most recent House Appropriations Committee bill to fund labor, health and human services, and education proposes $290 million […]
• Teaching, AI, and the Human Core of Education : The Future Worth Defending - Armand Doucet
  For teachers, their unions, and the policymakers who shape the conditions in which they work, the question is no longer whether AI will shape education, but how that shaping will be governed. The purpose of this report is to take stock of that reality: to identify what has changed, what remains essential, and what education […]
• Judge Tosses ED’s ‘Professional’ Degree Definition, Likely Aiding Student Borrowers - Ryan Quinn, Inside Higher Ed
  The ruling says the Education Department violated Congress’s instructions by adding criteria strictly limiting which degrees qualify for higher federal student loan borrowing caps. Afederal judge has tossed out the Education Department’s rule that strictly limited graduate students’ access to higher federal student loan borrowing limits, a victory for universities, health-advocacy groups and others who […]