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• Indiana public colleges to cut or merge about 580 programs due to state law - Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive
  A new statute took effect last year that seeks to cull academic offerings that produce low numbers of graduates. Indiana’s public colleges are shedding or consolidating about 580 academic programs following a review by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education under a 2025 state law aiming to cull offerings that graduate low numbers of students. […]
• Syracuse University to eliminate 93 academic programs - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive
  Syracuse University will eliminate 93 academic programs identified as having low or no enrollment, the private New York institution announced Wednesday. But unlike many colleges making cuts, Syracuse is not doing so out of financial necessity, according to Lois Agnew, the university’s provost and chief academic officer. The downsizing came from a desire to make […]
• ‘AI-shaped economy’ now has students rethinking their majors - Matt Zalaznick, University Business
  Workforce disruptions caused by generative AI have some students rethinking their majors with one analysis characterizing higher education’s relationship with AI as “both promising and complex.”More than 40% of bachelor’s degree students and more than half of those seeking associate’s degrees said generative AI has caused them to consider changing their major or field of […]
• SDSU's Massive AI Study Finds Frequent Use but Skepticism - Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times
  A poll of 94,000 students, faculty and staff across 22 CSU campuses found nearly every respondent had used AI at some point, but students were still wary of trusting  it and faculty reported negative effects.  The survey, conducted by San Diego State University researchers last fall, shows CSU grappling with how AI is affecting assignments, classroom […]
• AI Is Routine for College Students, Despite Campus Limits - Stephanie Marken, Gallup News
  New research from the Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2026 State of Higher Education study finds that more than half (57%) of U.S. college students are using artificial intelligence in their coursework at least weekly, including about one in five who say they use it daily. Male students report more frequent AI use than female students, particularly in […]
• AI in Higher Education Is Moving From Experimentation to Strategic Integration. Here's What the 2025 Data Shows - Joe Sullistio, Ellucian
  When the question is "Are people using AI?" the answers are mostly anecdotal. When the question becomes "How do we integrate AI responsibly and measurably across the institution?" you need strategy, investment discipline, governance, and enablement. Not just tools. Ellucian's new report, Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: From Widespread Adoption to Strategic Integration, captures this […]
• New online AI in Education Graduate Certificate equips educators with powerful digital tools for today’s learning spaces - Marcia Sweet, Purdue
  As artificial Intelligence transforms teaching and learning, Purdue University’s College of Education has unveiled its new AI in Education Graduate Certificate. The program continues Purdue’s vision to lead in the AI space. It follows the December 2025 announcement of AI@Purdue, a strategic plan that includes five pillars: Learning with AI, Learning about AI, Research AI, […]
• Trump Administration Plans Sweeping Changes to Accreditation - Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed
  The Trump administration wants the agencies that oversee colleges and universities to set minimum standards for student achievement, protect viewpoint diversity and consider cost efficiency in their evaluation of institutions, among other changes unveiled Monday. That last provision would help to “provide relief for students and taxpayers who have suffered from increasing tuition by allowing […]
• Anthropic’s New Product Aims to Handle the Hard Part of Building AI Agents - Maxwell Zeff, Wired
  Anthropic announced Wednesday the launch of a new product that aims to make it easier for businesses to build and deploy AI agents. The tool, Claude Managed Agents, offers developers out-of-the-box infrastructure to build autonomous AI systems, simplifying a complex process that was previously a barrier to automating work tasks. Amid rapid enterprise growth, Anthropic is […]
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• Schedule of this blog changed to Monday to Friday - No weekend posts
    Look for the next posting on Monday.  Thanks!
• March Sees More Job, Program Cuts - Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed
  Colleges made or announced moves to cut hundreds of jobs and programs in March. Cuts were driven by financial constraints, federal policy fallout and low program enrollment. The need to tighten purse strings and enrollment issues drove plans in March to cut hundreds of jobs and programs. Amid a confluence of challenges that include state […]
• Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era - Anthropic
  Today we’re announcing Project Glasswing1, a new initiative that brings together Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Palo Alto Networks in an effort to secure the world’s most critical software.We formed Project Glasswing because of capabilities we’ve observed in a new frontier model trained by […]
• A people-first vision for the future of work in the age of AI - Sorelle Friedler, Serena Booth, Andrew Schrank, and Susan Helper, Brookings
  While many Americans associate AI with mass layoffs and less satisfying work, an AI future that puts people first and supports workers is possible. Work has gradually become “enshittified” as employees are routinely underpaid and overworked. Confronting an AI future allows an opportunity to grapple with these realities and meet the moment with a transformative […]
• OpenAI calls for robot taxes, a public wealth fund, and a 4-day workweek to tackle AI disruption - Tom Carter, Business Insider
  In a series of policy recommendations released on Monday, OpenAI said the rapid advance of AI would require far-reaching economic and political reforms, including a public wealth fund, taxes on automated labor, and a potential four-day workweek. "We're beginning a transition toward superintelligence: AI systems capable of outperforming the smartest humans even when they are […]
• Colleges ramp up offerings to teach students to be AI ethicists - Kate Rix, HigherEdDive
  This is driving the popularity of courses, certificates and master’s programs focused on AI ethics. Some are designed for students with little or no computer science background. Others focus on how to use AI in a specific field. But at the core of each program is an emphasis on avoiding harm. “AI concerns everybody,” said […]
• Is college becoming less affordable? An update - Phillip Levine, Brookings
  Affordability has recently emerged as one of the central economic and political issues in the United States. Polling data suggests that many Americans feel that core components of a middle-class lifestyle have become increasingly out of reach. A college education is one of those components. Indeed, between 1990 and 2024 the prices of many items […]
• What Deans and Department Chairs Must Do Before Fall - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  Something is unfolding in the labor market that will greet your new graduates, in an incrementally tighter job market. The urgency is real. Entry-level hiring at the 15 biggest tech firms fell 25 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to a SignalFire report. With AI tools performing more of the work  previously reserved for recent graduates, […]
• OpenAI’s warning: Washington isn’t ready for what’s coming - Axios, YouTube
  In this Axios interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasizes the urgent need for Washington and society to prepare for the arrival of "super intelligence." He explains that the next generation of AI models will represent a significant leap forward, moving beyond small tasks to potentially enabling career-defining scientific discoveries and allowing individuals to perform the […]
• American billionaire: Only two types of people will succeed in the age of artificial intelligence - Reporters
  As workers of all generations, from Generation Z to Baby Boomers, look for ways to secure their careers in the age of artificial intelligence, Alex Karp, CEO of the tech giant Palantir, has a pretty simple answer to the question of who will have the upper hand in the future. According to him, two groups […]