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• Why multilingual community college students struggle—and what schools can do - Michelle Centamore, University Business
  A new report from the Community College Research Center, Supporting Multilingual Learners in Community Colleges: Lessons from City Colleges of Chicago, examines policies and practices across the seven-campus City Colleges of Chicago system. The three-year mixed-methods study included interviews, surveys and analysis of administrative data. It defines multilingual learners as students developing English proficiency while […]
• Online education isn’t a technology problem – it’s a systems challenge - the PIE
  Over the past decade, universities have quietly crossed an important threshold. Online degrees are no longer experimental, peripheral, or niche. They are becoming part of the core program offering at leading institutions. Across the UK alone, thousands of postgraduate programs are now delivered online, and hundreds of thousands of undergraduate learners study through distance or […]
• Best Online Learning Courses (2026): Coursera Named Leading Platform for Career-Focused Education - PR Newswire
  Learners can pursue skills in high-demand areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Cybersecurity, Project Management, Python, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Power BI. The platform also features recognized programs such as the Google Cybersecurity Certificate, Google Data Analytics Certificate, IBM Data Science Certificate, and the Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Certificate. This breadth allows learners […]
• Key findings about how Americans view artificial intelligence - Michelle Faverio and Emma Kikuchi, Pew Research
  Drawing on five years of Pew Research Center surveys, here are 13 findings about how Americans use and view AI, and where they see promise and risk. Americans continue to be wary of AI’s impact on daily life. Half of U.S. adults say the increased use of AI in daily life makes them feel more […]
• CUNY Awards $3 Million to Support More Than 100 Artificial Intelligence Initiatives - City University of New York
  The City University of New York this week announced that it awarded $3 million to 113 campus-led initiatives as part of its new AI Innovation Fund, a one-year, systemwide grant program funded as part of Governor Hochul’s ongoing commitment to position New York as a leader in artificial intelligence. Designed to leverage AI to advance […]
• URI professors aiding state’s push to become national leader in artificial intelligence - Rhody Today
  Now, the AI Task Force, which includes two University of Rhode Island faculty members, has unveiled a blueprint to help Rhode Island become a national AI leader, calling for cooperation and collaboration between government and private industry to responsibly implement the technology. The report analyzed how AI is being applied to six core local sectors—education, […]
• What 3 Leading AI Models Say Are the Most Vulnerable Jobs in Higher Ed - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higther Ed
  I asked artificial intelligence to tell me what jobs in higher education are most vulnerable to replacement in the near term. Sonnet is very honest in its replies, painting a difficult picture for those who seek to find new jobs in higher ed. For those already in the field, Sonnet suggests becoming the most adept […]
• HE needs academically aligned, citation-traceable AI systems - Wagdy Sawahel, University World News
  “Despite the growing body of research on artificial intelligence and Large Language Models in education, several gaps persist, including a lack of structured conceptual frameworks that integrate academic data governance and pedagogical requirements. “Thus, there is a need for conceptual models that can guide the development, governance and pedagogical integration of Large Language Models in […]
• Holistic, human-centered approach to AI puts U of A in class of its own - Craig Reck, University of Arizona
  The University of Arizona is defining a new standard for how artificial intelligence integrates into higher education and society. By prioritizing ethics, personal responsibility and societal impact over just technical speed, the U of A is building an ecosystem where integrity and human creativity remain the primary drivers of progress. This holistic, human-centered approach positions […]
• Generative AI can play a role uplifting family and community in early childhood education - Andres Bustamante & Aria Gastón-Panthaki, the Conversation
  Use of generative artificial intelligence technology is already widespread in K-12 schools and higher education. Now, AI technologies such as conversational agents and tablet-based assessments are starting to make their way toward early childhood education. One concern with AI in a prekindergarten setting is that the technology will replace or disrupt the rich interactions and […]
• ASU professor analyzing how artificial intelligence could cause businesses to lose their knowledge - Ignacio Ventura, KJZZ
  A professor from Arizona State University is analyzing how artificial intelligence could cause businesses to lose their knowledge. ASU management and entrepreneurship professor Don Lange collaborated with another professor from the University of Passau in Germany. Their article says companies that choose to use AI systems run the risk of their models becoming outdated. For […]
• College leaders reflect on the future of higher education - Stanford Report
  The panel included UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons, Brown University President Christina Paxson, and University of Oregon President John Karl Scholz. The discussion was moderated by former Stanford President and Chairman of the Board of Alphabet John Hennessy. The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Economic Summit is an annual campus event that brings […]
• OpenAI ChatGPT leader discusses AI agents and the future of knowledge work at Harvard Business School - Emma Thompson, EdTech Innovation Hub
  The discussion also explored how the responsibilities of product managers could change as generative AI systems become part of the development process. Ostrovskiy wrote: “The job becomes less about coordination and more about 1) understanding real user problems, 2) defining what ‘success’ means in an AI system, and 3) building evals and feedback loops so […]
• How AI Can Close Equity Gaps for First-Generation Students - Richard J. Smith, EdTech
  The emergence of artificial intelligence in higher education is often blamed for widening the digital divide for first-generation college students. However, given that a growing majority of Americans have access to the internet and capable digital devices, such as laptops and smartphones, AI has the potential to close equity gaps for under-resourced students. Student support […]
• OpenAI Adds Interactive Math and Science Learning Tools to ChatGPT - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology
  ChatGPT adds interactive learning tools: OpenAI introduced interactive math and science visualizations that allow users to explore formulas, variables, and relationships in real time. The tool currently covers over 70 core math and science topics and is aimed initially at high school and college-level learners. Users can adjust variables, manipulate formulas, and immediately see how […]
• The Unmaking of the American University - Nicholas Lemann, the NewYorker
  Now the compact between the universities and the federal government has been broken, and maybe not just temporarily. The Trump Administration has deployed a brutally effective, previously unused technique for getting these institutions’ full attention: suspending their funds, even those appropriated by Congress and legally committed to in contracts. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/16/the-unmaking-of-the-american-university
• Adopting AI is a social contract - Andrew Inkpen & Dani Inkpen, University Affairs
  Integrating artificial intelligence into our societies and personal lives binds us to certain futures and forecloses the possibility of others. Are we ready to accept the consequences? Much of the present conversation about AI in higher education centers around questions of implementation. How do we use AI in accordance with principles of universal design? How […]
• New Jersey to Use AI to Score Standardized Writing Tests - Liz Rosenberg, GovTech
  Starting this spring, a new state test called the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments-Adaptive for grades 3-10 will be “adaptive,” meaning students will get different questions based on their previous answers. The “artificial intelligence” will be trained using scores generated by human scorers on practice tests that were given to students in October and November. […]
• AI broke the college degree: Why higher education matters more than ever - Katherine Perry, the Linfield Review
  While it was once a faraway and futuristic idea, AI has now found its way into many aspects of everyday life, including higher education. This is what Patrick Dempsey, founder and co-CEO of Pend AI, spoke about in his keynote lecture on Feb. 18. Higher education is, at least in part, meant to equip students […]
• AI Tools to Reduce College Dropout Rates - Nancy Mann Jackson, EdTech
  Roughly 3 in 10 college students drop out without earning any degree, resulting in higher unemployment and lower lifetime earnings than those who earn bachelor’s degrees, according to the Education Data Initiative. To help boost student retention, colleges and universities are using a variety of artificial intelligence tools that can help identify at-risk students early, […]