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• Anxiety, Anticipation and Preparation for AI in Higher Ed - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  In the whirlwind of developments regarding AI, we must move from anxiety to anticipation and preparation for what the future portends. “Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, thinks artificial intelligence could spark the greatest positive transformation education has ever seen. He shares the opportunities he sees for students and educators to collaborate with […]
• Five Ways Higher Education Can Leverage Generative AI - Renee Laverdiere, et al, Boston Consulting Group
  Across all industries, equal measures of excitement and anxiety are accompanying these rapid changes; however, the concern seems particularly acute in higher education. Educators and administrators are being compelled to react quickly to a technology that can reshape research, writing, and individual program areas. And incidents of students using ChatGPT improperly is not making their […]
• Generative Artificial Intelligence Committee Report - University of Michigan
  We are pleased to share with you the initial report from the U-M Generative Artificial Intelligence Advisory (GAIA) Committee. This group was tasked with assessing the opportunities and challenges posed by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), particularly as it relates to U-M and our ongoing mission. We want to thank every member of the committee who […]
• AI can help to flag students struggling with mental health - Jamie Pitchforth, University World News
  In a 2022 Student Minds survey in the United Kingdom, more than half (57%) of respondents self-reported a mental health issue. As the pressure to meet deadlines and achieve grades contributes to increased stress, the consequences of mental health issues can also lead to poor academic performance, dropping out of university and even self-harm. With […]
• Generative AI sparks university-industry partnerships - Yojana Sharma, University World News
  South Korea has long been known for its innovative university-industry collaborations. Now, global developments in generative AI – most widely represented at the moment by ChatGPT – are prompting new ways for the country’s universities to work with South Korea’s own technology giants. Rather than simply adopting ChatGPT, which was developed by California-based OpenAI, or […]
• Work experience, not college, prepared employees for jobs, study finds - Ginger Crist, Higher Ed Dive
  Nearly half of workers (46%) don’t think higher education prepared them for their current jobs, according to a survey released Nov. 8 by online learning platform Go1. Sixty-one percent of the 3,000 full-time office workers surveyed in Australia, the U.S. and the U.K. said work experience was the best preparation for their positions, followed by […]
• University Students Use AI to Help Them Understand, Not to Avoid Work - ENCA
  We’re a group of academics in the field of media and communication, teaching in South African Universities. We wanted to understand how university students were using generative AI and AI-powered tools in their academic practices. We administered an online survey to undergraduate students at five South African universities: the University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula […]
• No More Attending Classes: These Community Colleges Let Students Learn at Their Own Pace - Elaine S. Povich, the 74
  Students in competency-based education classes work on their own time and test when they’re ready. Her secret? Taking the course at El Paso Community College through a “competency-based education” program, which let her move through an online course at her own pace. She finished in four weeks, faster than the eight allowed, and said professors […]
• Three strategies for building healthy student relationships online - Becca Edwards, Times Higher Ed
  Icebreakers and peer-to-peer support are just some of the ways to cultivate a friendly online learning environment where connections between students can flourish. While it’s important for instructors to build relationships with their students, rapport among students can be just as valuable, leading to increased classroom engagement and academic success. The following list aims to […]
• Sam Altman’s Second Coming Sparks New Fears of the AI Apocalypse - Peter Guest & Morgan Meaker, Wired
  As Altman toured the world in 2023, warning the media and governments about the existential dangers of the technology that he himself was building, he portrayed OpenAI’s unusual for-profit-within-a-nonprofit structure as a firebreak against the irresponsible development of powerful AI. Whatever Altman did with Microsoft’s billions, the board could keep him and other company leaders […]
• Is there significant potential for apprenticeships in the US market? - Kathryn Moody, Higher Ed Dive
  Nearly 128 million U.S. workers — about 70% of the entire US workforce — could stand to benefit from apprenticeships and on-the-job learning opportunities, opening up a key cohort of trained workers for employers, according to a Nov. 13 report by Multiverse and the Burning Glass Institute. Apprenticeships still remain outside the mainstream in the […]
• Scaling Up: Connecting Experiential Learning Offerings - Anthony Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed
  A June ECMC Group survey found that 79 percent of high school students say it is important to have on-the-job learning experiences during their postsecondary education, such as through internships or apprenticeships, and 65 percent believe their ideal college education would involve learning skills on the job. A summer 2022 Student Voice survey from Inside […]
• Generative AI may be the biggest thing since the internet for teaching and learning - University of Manitoba News
  Generative AI is the biggest development of our time. Like the internet, it will have a huge impact on teaching and learning. The AI tools of today go so far beyond what we are familiar with, and they continue to evolve, says Ray Schroeder, in conversation with Rod Lastra, Acting Dean, Extended Education. “Too many […]
• The 12 Principles of Generous Leadership - Jay Steinfeld, Inc.
  There are many different kinds of generosity and many different ways to be generous with your team. A companywide pizza party is one small, obvious gift, but I like to think deeper than that and, as always, to look further down the line.This means something generous you do for your team or an individual associate--such […]
• Inflection-2: The Next Step Up - Inflection
  "Hey there, great to meet you. I’m Pi, your personal AI. My goal is to be useful, friendly and fun. Ask me for advice, for answers, or let’s talk about whatever’s on your mind."  Our mission at Inflection is to create a personal AI for everyone. Just a few months ago, we announced Inflection-1 — […]
• Wishing Law School Cost Less? Attending Law School Completely Online Could Be The Answer - Chris Williams, Above the Law
  The American Bar Association’s legal education arm is considering extending accreditation to fully online law schools, marking a major shift from its longstanding prioritization of in-person teaching. “I am very happy to see that the ABA is finally considering moving in this direction,” said Purdue Law Dean Martin Pritikin said Monday. “Virtually every other field […]
• The rise of generative AI: A timeline of triumphs, hiccups and hype - Lindsey Wilkinson, CIO Dive
  Ahead of the one year anniversary of ChatGPT’s debut, CIO Dive compiled the key generative AI milestones that stamped the technology into the enterprise lexicon. Analysts and executives characterize generative AI as the biggest technological advancement since the internet, both in interest levels and its ability to disrupt the way work gets done. CIOs went […]
• 7 ways to make sure your data is ready for generative AI - Joe McKendrick, ZDNet
  A recent McKinsey report, led by auhtors Joe Caserta and Kayvaun Rowshankish, points out there is unrelenting pressure to "do something with generative AI". The report authors suggest IT and data managers "will need to develop a clear view of the data implications of generative AI." Perhaps most challenging "is generative AI's ability to work […]
• Mounting debt poses threat to University of Chicago mission,- Paul Basken, Times Higher Education
  The University of Chicago faces rising debt levels more serious than those at any of its peer institutions, a result of overspending in the sciences that could cost the elite campus its traditional strength in the humanities, a professor has warned. The situation at Chicago seemed comparable, said Clifford Ando, professor of Classics and history […]
• ‘A cost we can’t afford’: Faculty blast state for not investing in university - Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner
  Faculty across the University of Nebraska said Friday the state government is forcing NU to “collapse into a more limited version of its former self.” In the face of mounting budget cuts and stalled state investments, faculty at NU’s Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney campuses in a joint statement said the state government is starving Nebraska […]