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• AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions - JOCELYN GECKER, ABC
  Students applying to college know they can’t — or at least shouldn’t — use AI chatbots to write their essays and personal statements. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using artificial intelligence to read them. AI tools are now being incorporated into how student applications are screened and analyzed, […]
• Defining professional programs: Why evidence and clarity matter in ED’s rulemaking - Katharine Meyer, Brookings
  The U.S. Department of Education (ED) recently clarified which graduate programs qualify as “professional” for higher federal loan limits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Almost immediately after ED made its decision, social media lit up with claims certain careers such as teaching and nursing had been “removed” or that ED was claiming […]
• The Ivory Tower’s Glass Jaw: How Generative AI Shattered the Illusion of Higher Education Assessment - Maya Perez, Web Pro News
  For decades, the modern university has operated on a tacit agreement between faculty and student: the former assigns the essay as a proxy for critical thought, and the latter produces it to demonstrate comprehension. This compact, however, was fraying long before the public release of ChatGPT. The arrival of large language models did not act […]
• Improving digital literacy in older adults is now a health imperative: report - Kimberly Bonvissuto, McKnight's Senior Living
  GetSetUp, a virtual learning platform for older adults, recently released its 2025 Active Aging Report, which found older adults eager to learn, connect and take charge of their health and independence. But digital literacy remains a barrier — and an opportunity — for health providers and others, they said. The report shares insights gleaned from […]
• AI is coming for your job, here’s the one move you need to make to stay employable and relevant in the job market - Manu Kaushik, Economic Times
  Hart, who previously served as a technical advisor to Jeff Bezos at Amazon and took over as president and CEO of Coursera in February 2025, told CNBC Make It that students need to go beyond traditional degrees to stay viable in a rapidly changing employment landscape. “The advice that I give to my sons... is […]
• Restrictive policies manifest in US, Canada enrolment drop - Nathan M Greenfield, University World News
  In this year’s Global Enrolment Benchmark Survey (GEBS), American colleges reported a 6% decline in international undergraduates, erasing the 6% increase in the 2024 GEBS. The 19% decline in masters students, by far the largest category of international students in the country, enrolled in the 201 American universities reporting, was more than three times the […]
• Colleges Are Closing. Who Might Be Next? How machine learning can fill data gaps and help forecast the future - Robert Kelchen, Dubravka Ritter & Douglas Webber, Education Next
  These simulations point to the precarious potential situation facing postsecondary education in the coming years, especially if the demographic cliff materializes in a moderate to severe fashion. While some of the estimated increases might seem small at the national level, they would be significant for the handful of localities predicted to experience college closures in […]
• How will AI transform teaching and learning at universities? - NAXN — nic newman, Medium
  Robots will replace teachers by 2027. That’s the bold claim British education expert Anthony Seldon made in 2018. He may have been the first to put a date on it, but plenty of others are doubling down on the principle, such as Bill Gates, who believes that AI-powered chatbots will become as good as any […]
• Bridging pedagogy and technology: a generative AI and IoT approach to transformative English language education - Zhongjie Li, Nature
  English as a Second Language (ESL) education faces momentous challenges including restricted personalized feedback and scalability constraints in large classrooms. This study developed and assessed an innovative AI-driven oral assessment tool that incorporates generative artificial intelligence with Internet of Things (IoT) technology to make over adaptive learning environments for individual learners. The research used a […]
• AI is coming for your work, expert warns university staff - Nic Mitchell, University World News
  With management consultants predicting that up to one-third of work done today will be automated in the next five years – and universities under pressure to cut costs and do more with less – artificial intelligence offers a cheaper and more efficient way to keep higher education institutions running smoothly, claims an international higher education […]
• Micro-credentials: From lifelong learning to lifelong recognition - Karen MacGregor
  Today’s story about micro-credentials is really about their recognition, says Simone Ravaioli, a leading global credentials expert. “If we spent the last 30 years working on learning, the next 30-plus years will be focused on recognition. In a sense, the narrative is shifting from lifelong learning to lifelong recognition.” Ravaioli was speaking at a University […]
• The Cambrian Explosion of Micro-Credentials - Bryan Penprase, Forbes
  Higher education stands at an inflection point. Traditional four-year degrees often disappoint employers seeking graduates with job-ready skills, and students are eagerly seeking more flexible academic programs requiring less time and money. New micro-credentials offerings from top tech companies and universities are filling this gap – providing modular, flexible, and low-cost alternatives to the traditional […]
• Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost - Ben Kamisar, NBC
  Americans have grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American dream. Almost two-thirds of registered voters say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to a new NBC News poll, a dramatic decline over the last decade. Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is “worth the cost […]
• Change is changing: How to meet the challenge of radical reinvention - McKinsey
  The core task of leadership is managing change—seeing new realities and driving adaptation. To reinvent the organization, leaders must rethink traditional tools and master a more complex level of change. When change becomes “everything, everywhere, all at once,” it’s not surprising that employees feel worn out. The average employee now experiences ten planned change programs […]
• University of Utah launches ChatGPT Edu campuswide - Logan Stefanich, KSL
  The University of Utah last week launched OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu - a version of the AI tool specifically designed for higher education and securely deployed for university use - across its campus community. Parashar said he sees the rollout impacting many aspects of what students, staff and faculty do at the U. "I think people […]
• OpenAI Unveils Group Chats to Bring People Into the Same Conversation - IBL News
  OpenAI is rolling out the group chats feature globally, allowing people to collaborate with ChatGPT in a single shared conversation. Up to 20 people can participate in a group chat. The company’s goal is to make ChatGPT more social by turning it into a shared space for collaboration and interaction with others. Friends, family members, […]
• Morgan State could one day run entirely on AI - Ellie Wolfe, The Banner
  Grading assignments. Advising students. Sorting through important files. These tasks, and countless more, might not have to be done by employees at Morgan State University anymore. That’s thanks to Obsidian, a new secure artificial intelligence system created by leaders at the Northeast Baltimore university. “The university will learn from itself,” said Timothy Summers, Morgan State’s […]
• Exploring trust in generative AI for higher education institutions: a systematic literature review focused on educators - Ana Lelescu, et al; Nature
  Although Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) offers transformative opportunities for higher education, its adoption by educators remains limited, primarily due to trust concerns. This systematic literature review aims to synthesise peer-reviewed research conducted between 2019 and August 2024 on the factors influencing educators’ trust in GenAI within higher education institutions. Using PRISMA 2020 guidelines, this study […]
• Oregon State’s new AI fundamentals microcredentials prepare learners for an AI-driven future - Tyler Hansen, Educational Ventures Oregon State
  Oregon State University is turning artificial intelligence breakthroughs into accessible, short-form learning opportunities through the launch of its AI fundamentals microcredentials, a new collection of interdisciplinary credentials available to all OSU students and learners everywhere. These offerings bridge Oregon State’s strengths in research, applied learning and ethics, empowering learners to understand, question and apply AI […]
• Agentic AI explained: When machines don’t just chat, but act - McKinsey
  Three McKinsey experts explain how agentic AI could reshape workflows, decision-making, and how humans and machines collaborate. Agentic AI - the latest wave of artificial intelligence—doesn’t just generate text or code. It takes action. Whereas early large language models (LLMs) could answer questions or summarize information, agentic systems can now perform complex tasks independently, autonomously […]