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- What Comes After an MBA? Why Leaders Are Turning to AI - Boston University VirtualThe MBA is the defining credential for a generation of business leaders. It builds financial acumen, strategic thinking, and cross-functional fluency — the toolkit for managing complexity and driving organizational performance. For decades, it was the answer to the question every ambitious professional eventually asked: What’s my next move? That question is back. And for […]
- The Apprenticeship (R)Evolution - Sara Weissman and Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher EdLocated near the sprawling Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, home to Tesla Gigafactory 1, Truckee Meadows Community College trains Tesla employees in advanced manufacturing skills year-round. And while Tesla itself may be polarizing, the growth of the program is undeniable: In 2023, TMCC trained 85 Tesla apprentices; today, completers number 1,000-plus and growing—quickly. “They choose the courses […]
- Terafab: The World’s Next Generation Chip Factory - Thomas Frey, Futurist SpeakerOn March 21st, Elon Musk introduced Terafab—a $25 billion chip facility, jointly owned by Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI—designed to produce one terawatt of compute per year. That’s fifty times the current annual output of the global AI chip industry. Terafab isn’t just about catching up with TSMC, Samsung, and Nvidia; it’s about leaping ahead—and, remarkably, […]
- AI could leave many college grads unemployed, says ServiceNow CEO - EdScoopBill McDermott, the chief executive of ServiceNow, an American cloud computing firm, told reporters recently that the advancement of artificial intelligence could push the unemployment level of recent college graduates into the almost 40%. McDermott told CNBC that “so much of the work is going to be done by agents,” highlighting the challenge that college […]
- Leading disruption before it leads you - McKinseyThe riskiest disruption isn’t necessarily the one coming. It may be the one CEOs refuse to lead.Today’s leadership mandate requires more than long-term strategy. In a recent interview with McKinsey’s Eric Kutcher, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna had advice for fellow leaders: “You’ve got to be willing to ‘do’: As opposed to getting disrupted by somebody […]
- University of Phoenix scholars publish study on academic applications of generative AI tools in higher education - University of PhoenixKey findings from the study include:Generative AI tools are increasingly used in academic workflows, including literature review support, research brainstorming, and academic writing assistance.AI can improve research efficiency and idea generation, particularly for complex scholarly tasks such as synthesizing large bodies of literature. Ethical and academic integrity considerations remain critical, including transparency about AI use and […]
- Survey: How Should Universities Prepare for the AI Era? - Institute for the Future of EducationIn January of this year, the Digital Education Council (DEC), in collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey, published a study it conducted with the participation of professors and students from 29 Latin American universities on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. The results confirm a growing student adoption of AI, rising from 86% to […]
- US universities pivot to AI degrees as campuses race to match the machine age - Times of India EducationArtificial intelligence has moved decisively from research corridors into the core of undergraduate education across the United States, forcing universities to redraw academic priorities with unusual speed.In the latest move, Northwestern University has announced a standalone undergraduate major in artificial intelligence, scheduled to roll out in the fall of 2026. The decision places the institution […]
- Exploring the connections between integrated sustainable curricula, generative AI tools, and perceived climate change capabilities across the global south and north using multi-analytics - Javed Iqbal, et al; NatureThese results highlight the potential of integrated sustainable curricula and climate change sensitivity to enhance climate change capabilities. Although ANN performed comparably with multiple linear regression, fsQCA showed that the presence of any single condition (integrated sustainable curricula, climate change sensitivity, or generative AI tool usage) was sufficient to explain high levels of climate change […]
- All Jobs Gone within 18 Months: Microsoft’s AI Chief Terrifying Prediction Explained - AIGridThis podcast discusses the imminent impact of AI on the white-collar workforce, highlighting predictions from Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei that most professional tasks could be automated within the next 12 to 18 months [00:00]. It explores the "quiet" nature of current job displacement, where data shows a significant drop in […]
- How Cal State Became Ground Zero for the Fight over AI in Higher Education - Chris Mills Rodrigo, TechPolicyIn a statement emailed to Tech Policy Policy, CSU director of media relations and public affairs Amy Bentley-Smith said the system “is focused on ensuring our universities have the tools and resources to meet this moment and lead in the educational application, preparation, and ethical and responsible use of AI.” Bentley-Smith added that access to […]
- Report Outlines Framework for University’s Engagement with AI - Alec Gallimore & Ricardo Henao, Duke TodayFollowing the inaugural Duke AI Summit in 2024, Provost Alec D. Gallimore launched the AI at Duke initiative and charged its steering committee with identifying opportunities for elevating the university’s leadership in AI’s development, application and responsible oversight. The committee was co-chaired by Joseph Salem, Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and vice provost for library […]
- Measuring progress toward AGI: A cognitive framework - Ryan Burnell & Oran Kelly, the Keyword, GoogleOur framework draws on decades of research from psychology, neuroscience and cognitive science to develop a cognitive taxonomy. It identifies 10 key cognitive abilities that we hypothesize will be important for general intelligence in AI systems:Perception: extracting and processing sensory information from the environmentGeneration: producing outputs such as text, speech and actionsAttention: focusing cognitive resources […]
- Faster, thinner: Colleges are swiftly trimming a B.A. degree to three years - Jon Marcus, Hechinger ReportQuinn McDonald planned to spend the typical four years working toward a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Then he heard about a place where he could get the same degree in three. “It was the idea of being able to save a year” that grabbed his attention, said McDonald — a savings of not only […]
- Sovereign AI: Building ecosystems for strategic resilience and impact - McKinseySovereign AI is achievable only through an ecosystem effort that connects energy, compute, data, models, platforms, and applications across multiple actors. Sovereign AI refers to a nation’s or organization’s ability to develop and control its own AI capabilities to ensure strategic independence and alignment with domestic values and laws. That said, sovereign AI does not […]
- Did anybody do the reading? Colleges grapple with a generational shift in learning — plus AI - Associated PressJohnson’s concerns about waning participation and declining reading are shared by professors and teachers in liberal arts programs, including in Pittsburgh. Teachers at four universities interviewed for this story had a variety of theories about the cause, including:1. Inequitable educational opportunity that leaves some college students unable to comprehend difficult material2. Federal policies that encourage […]
- The next act for robotics: Human–machine collaboration - McKinseyMikell Taylor, director of robotics strategy at General Motors, discusses next-generation robots and dispels some common myths. Advances in AI, sensing, and manipulation are pushing robotics beyond isolated automation toward something fundamentally different. As manufacturers face reshoring pressures, fragile supply chains, and rising demands for flexibility, the question is no longer what robots can do […]
- Robot dogs are protecting data centers. Operators are seeing payoffs. - Lloyd Lee, Business InsiderAI is driving a historic buildout of massive data centers spanning dozens of acres. Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics see an opportunity to provide mobile security with robot dogs. Boston Dynamics said customers can see a payoff within 2 years. It's not just humans. The robots are Robot dogs have already been deployed by first […]
- 16-Week Online Certificate Program in Agentic AI for Students - Hans IndiaBengaluru: Great Learning has announced the launch of a new Certificate Program in Agentic AI in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. The 16-week online program is designed to equip professionals with the skills required to build autonomous, goal-driven AI systems capable of perceiving, reasoning, and acting independently in dynamic environments. Targeted at […]
- Why universities should anchor state quantum computing initiatives - Nate Gemelke, University BusinessThe universities that helped shape the AI revolution did not wait for the technology to mature. They built programs, recruited faculty, and secured funding while the field was still taking shape. Quantum computing is entering a similar inflection point. While the underlying physics is unfamiliar to many, the institutional question is one universities have faced […]
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