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- Is Your AI System Ethical? Try This Assessment - Cornelia C. Walther, Knowledge at WhartonFor the better part of a decade, organizations have been deploying artificial intelligence at scale while measuring it almost exclusively through the lens of efficiency gains, cost reductions, and revenue lift. The instruments are precise. The picture they produce is radically incomplete. Amid the pervasiveness of AI, this reality patchwork is now amplified. Existing dashboards […]
- Author Talks: Rewiring to outcompete with AI - McKinseyIn this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey Global Publishing’s Barr Seitz speaks with McKinsey Senior Partners Kate Smaje and Robert Levin, and Eric Lamarre, McKinsey alumnus and emeritus adviser, about the second edition of Rewired (Rewired: How Leading Companies Win with Technology and AI, Wiley, April 2026). They discuss what has changed over the past […]
- Will LLMs Replace Coders? Not Entirely - Seb Murray, Knowledge at Wharton“It was very clear that we will never ever write code by hand again.” That comment, made recently by Dropbox’s former chief technology officer Aditya Agarwal, reflects a growing belief that generative AI is poised to displace swathes of white-collar workers — starting, perhaps, with software developers. But research by Wharton professor of operations, information […]
- Indiana public colleges to cut or merge about 580 programs due to state law - Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed DiveA 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 DiveSyracuse 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 BusinessWorkforce 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 TimesA 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 NewsNew 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, EllucianWhen 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, PurdueAs 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 EdThe 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, WiredAnthropic 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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- March Sees More Job, Program Cuts - Josh Moody, Inside Higher EdColleges 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 - AnthropicToday 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, BrookingsWhile 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 InsiderIn 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, HigherEdDiveThis 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, BrookingsAffordability 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 […]
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