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• Here are 4 ways AI will impact higher ed in the new year - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  1. Emotionally intelligent AIInstitutions will use technology to drive deeper human connection amid the rapid rise of AI assistants, chatbots and algorithmically tailored content, Researchers from MIT, the University of Pittsburgh and other institutions found that AI use in the classroom lowered brain activity and led to student anxiety and confusion. Teachers also feared losing […]
• The Limits of Artificial Intelligence in Professional Military Education - Matthew Woessner, Real Clear Defense
  The purpose of this paper is not to prescribe how to incorporate AI into specific courses, but rather to highlight potential student vulnerabilities and offer suggestions for how they can be managed within a broad curricular framework across PME. Even as AI is incorporated into PME, faculty must ensure that the technology does not supplant […]
• Artificial Intelligence in Education Market Growing at a CAGR of 37.68% During 2025 - 2035 - IT, New Media & Software, Market Reasearch Future (MRFR)
  AI technologies, including machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision, are no longer futuristic concept they are becoming integral to classrooms, online platforms, and administrative systems worldwide. The integration of AI in education enhances personalization, efficiency, and accessibility, creating opportunities for a more inclusive and effective learning experience. The Artificial Intelligence in Education market […]
• After being falsely branded an AI plagiarist, how can I accuse students? - David Mingay, Times Higher Ed
  The executive editor emailed back to say that the article aligned with the scope of the journal but that some formatting amendments were required. Also, it lacked a statement on whether AI had been used in its production. I duly made the amendments and included the factually correct line: “No generative AI or AI-supported technologies […]
• Using Machine Learning to Understand College Closures - Abby Sourwine, GovTech
  As financial pressures mount across higher education, researchers are turning to machine learning to better predict which colleges are at risk of closing. In recent work, higher education researchers collaborated with the Federal Reserve to develop a predictive model that combines hundreds of institutional characteristics to estimate the likelihood a college might close. The model […]
• The ChatGPT Generation: How AI Is quietly rewriting the global student search experience - Tim O'Brien, ICEF Monitor
  In September 2025, we conducted a cross-institution survey of over 1,600 newly enrolled international students in the US and UK. Our goal was simple: to understand how students are using AI in the crucial, early part of their journey – identifying and applying to university – long before they ever step into a lecture hall. […]
• Enhancing creative writing through AI-powered co-creation with cognitive and emotional outcomes - Xinqiao Cen & Goodarz Shakibaei, Nature
  Qualitative insights revealed that students in the High-AI Support Group demonstrated increased engagement and creativity, attributed to tailored AI feedback that alleviated cognitive load by addressing technical aspects like grammatical accuracy. In contrast, members of the Low-AI Support Group appreciated the collaborative interaction between AI and instructor feedback, which enhanced their confidence, independence, and skills […]
• Opinion: From Lecture Halls to Virtual Classes, AI Is Rewriting the Rules - Oleg Vilchinski, GovTech
  Modernizing education with artificial intelligence is less about buying this or that new tool than about new processes, new applications for data analytics, and reorganizing instructional priorities around new norms. For generations, education has revolved around classrooms, textbooks and static curricula. But today’s learners are rewriting the rules. By August 2024, over 86 percent of […]
• Artificial intelligence is here ... and it is already rewriting the rules of education - Susan Galavan, Irish Times
  ‘As educators, our job is not to shield students from AI, but to prepare them for the reality of the working world’ - Artificial intelligence is everywhere. When I open Microsoft Word to draft this piece, a Copilot icon pops up, asking if I want help. One click, one prompt, and a passable first draft […]
• Campus Forecast 2026: How Agentic AI Could Transform University Operations - Times of India
  Artificial intelligence (AI) has long served universities as a helpful junior colleague—fast, eager, and dependent on detailed instructions. But according to the UPCEA report, Predictions 2026: Insights for Online & Professional Education, this era is coming to an end. The next phase, agentic AI, is framed not as smarter assistance but as autonomous execution, a […]
• A closer look at workforce development initiatives that prepare and inspire the next-gen workforce - Karen Haywood Queen, Advanced Manufacturing
  The skills gap is across multiple generations of workers, observes Dora Smith, senior director, global academic and startup strategy, at Siemens Digital Industries Software. “The accelerated pace of technological change means the traditional knowledge and skills taught even a few years ago are outdated,” Smith says. “We’re seeing a widening digital-skills gap that needs immediate […]
• When AI-Powered Humanoid Robots Make Bad Choices - Shaun Shutner, AI Business
  When large language models hallucinate, they deliver incorrect statistics or problematic advice. But when LLMs are controlling humanoid robots, the problems they create could be worse. What kind of real-world scenarios did you consider most to uncover whether robots could do violent, aggressive acts? Did you prompt robots to use a gun and hold up […]
• What’s in NIH’s settlement over delayed research funding? - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  The National Institutes of Health reached a settlement last week with 16 states over delayed reviews of research grant applications representing potentially billions of dollars for university and other institutions’ projects. The Dec. 29 settlement follows nine months of litigation between state attorneys general and the Trump administration after NIH withheld final decisions on hundreds […]
• Google Gemini Is Taking Control of Humanoid Robots on Auto Factory Floors - Will Knight, Wired
  Google DeepMind is teaming up with Boston Dynamics to give its humanoid robots the intelligence required to navigate unfamiliar environments and identify and manipulate objects—precisely the kinds of capabilities needed to perform manual labor. The collaboration, announced at CES in Las Vegas, will see Google’s Gemini Robotics model deployed on various Boston Dynamics’ robots, including […]
• True agentic AI is years away - here's why and how we get there - Tiernan Ray, ZDnet
  Today's AI agents don't meet the definition of true agents. Key missing elements are reinforcement learning and complex memory. It will take at least five years to get AI agents where they need to be. While they may bring benefits, these agents are not the agents we really want. They are simple automations and don't […]
• How lifetime pathways will build the university of the future - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  Two years into his tenure at Fairleigh Dickinson University, President Michael Avaltroni is building a statewide network that spans a learner’s journey from K12 to higher ed to the workplace. Avaltroni is building a coalition of New Jersey higher education institutions and organizations to better integrate human and machine learning in healthcare. Fairleigh Dickinson University […]
• IsotopeAI Helps Users Solve Physics, Chemistry and Math Challenges - Ellen Smith, Trend Hunter
  IsotopeAI is an AI-powered educational platform designed to assist students with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) concepts. This is a platform that allows its users to input questions or problems and receive instant AI-generated explanations, solutions, and guidance, making it perfect for school. By providing step-by-step answers, IsotopeAI helps learners understand complex topics, clarify doubts, […]
• The business of online education - Times Higher Edication
  Online education opens doors to learning opportunities that were previously out of reach to many. The scope and flexibility offered by edtech tools allow students to complete studies alongside work or childcare, to gain accreditations at foreign universities while remaining in their home countries, or to participate in classes attended by peers located all over […]
• What Actually Makes You Valuable in an AI World - joshbersin
  AI adoption is accelerating and it feels harder and harder to keep up. I know many senior leaders feel confused by the rapid pace and college grads are worried about their careers. What skills do we need to stay relevant in this new “All-AI” world? Well there’s an answer to all this change, and it […]
• AI Risk Expert: By 2027, We LOSE Control—The Hidden Dangers of Building Superintelligence - Jack Neel and Roman Yampolskiy, YouTube
  In this podcast, AI safety expert Dr. Roman Yampolskiy joins host Jack Neel to discuss his alarming thesis that humanity faces a 99.99% chance of extinction following the creation of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). Yampolskiy argues that it is fundamentally impossible for a lower intelligence to indefinitely control or predict a system millions of times […]