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• Judge Tosses ED’s ‘Professional’ Degree Definition, Likely Aiding Student Borrowers - Ryan Quinn, Inside Higher Ed
  The ruling says the Education Department violated Congress’s instructions by adding criteria strictly limiting which degrees qualify for higher federal student loan borrowing caps. Afederal judge has tossed out the Education Department’s rule that strictly limited graduate students’ access to higher federal student loan borrowing limits, a victory for universities, health-advocacy groups and others who […]
• The symbiotic enterprise - McKinsey
  At scale, this transformation gives rise to a new enterprise model: the symbiotic enterprise, in which humans, AI agents, and intelligent robots each contribute according to their respective strengths within flatter organizations and under a new economic model, with technology becoming a primary cost driver. Beyond productivity, the symbiotic enterprise fundamentally changes the economics of […]
• Amazon is joining RAISE US as a founding member to help workers prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. - Amazon
  Amazon is partnering with RAISE US to help American workers develop skills for AI-era jobs. RAISE US brings together companies, policymakers, and educators to address the workforce impacts of AI. The coalition will further extend Amazon's reach to support communities and workers with the skills they need. Today Amazon is announcing that we’ve joined RAISE […]
• Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact - Jeffery Gottlieb, et al; Pew Research
  About half of U.S. adults now report using AI chatbots, up substantially from the summer of 2024.1 This includes roughly one-in-four who use these tools on daily basis. Some people are bringing AI into their homes. About a third of Americans say they have a smart speaker, and smaller shares have a doorbell or thermostat […]
• Universities must help shut down the illicit AI detection economy - Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and James Mian Jia, Times Higher Education
  Many institutions now treat the AI-likelihood scores they generate as evidence in academic misconduct procedures, and some universities are setting explicit thresholds above which disciplinary action may follow. However, the role of these tools is not always articulated clearly to students (or sometimes even to instructors). And this generates anxiety – and a black market […]
• Would You Trust AI for Ethical Advice? - Knowledge at Wharton
  The scholars said the study reveals shifts in how people think about AI. The studies were conducted in 2023 and 2025, and the scholars said they would be curious to see whether results would change if they redid the experiments now. Despite all the improvements to large language models like ChatGPT, Terwiesch said there’s still […]
• New Study In Texas May Have Shown How To Better Measure College ROI - Michael B. Horn, Forbes
  With the release of a value-added earnings outcomes study in Texas that measured the economic outcomes of 935,767 students who enrolled in 86 public institutions in Texas between 2008–09 and 2018–19 and pursued a bachelor’s degree, associate’s degree, or certificate, the Postsecondary Commission, which accredits institutions that produce strong economic returns for their students, alongside […]
• Advertising, training fairs, free tuition: How one state is trying to get more men into college - Rachel Fradette, Hechinger Report
  Michigan, like many other states, says it has a shortage of skilled workers, a gap that risks hurting its economy. Only 51.6 percent of working-age adults over 25 have a degree or other training beyond high school, state data shows, the lowest of any Midwestern state. The number of men in particular who are going […]
• California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using them - Ella Carter-Klauschie, Cal Matters
  California prisons have given 30,000 laptops to incarcerated students. Inmates say using technology prepares them to enter the workforce. As community colleges start replacing correspondence courses by mail with online-only classes, students and professors debate whether this type of learning is any more effective. In the past three years, the prison system spent $23.2 million […]
• The emerging transcript built for skills, not courses - Elcino Donadel, University Business
  University Business caught up with Amber Garrison Duncan, the “Godmother of LERs,” to better understand what federal and state participation in talent marketplaces means for higher education. Duncan is executive vice president at the Competency-Based Education Network, a nonprofit organization advancing skills-based learning across education, government and industry. During our interview, Duncan was attending the […]
• Panelists say state, colleges must meet workforce needs as AI use grows - Matthew McFarland, News Tribune
  The use of artificial intelligence will continue to grow at higher education institutions around the state, a panel of AI and education experts said Thursday. As part of a statewide forum on AI and data centers at the Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, two Missouri education administrators and the CEO of a […]
• Personalized talent cultivation and academic prediction framework for higher education based on the HA-GNN-LSTM architecture - Qi Gong & Jing Shi, Nature
  To address the dilemma of homogeneous talent training and the efficiency bottleneck of human resource management in universities, this study proposes an innovative personalized training framework integrating artificial intelligence, big data, and deep learning. Based on the 18-dimensional full-cycle behavior dataset of 5,000 students and OULAD dataset, a multimodal heterogeneous data fusion pipeline is constructed. […]
• Reform education to conform to Artificial Intelligence - Technical universities urged - Alberto Mario Noretti, Graphic Online
  The call was made by the Rector of Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences in Netherlands, Professor Dr. Ron S.J. Tuninga, when he delivered the Seventh Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture at Ho Technical University (HTU) on Wednesday (June 17). He explained that rapid advances in machine learning, robotics, block chain, quantum computing, cybersecurity and digitalisation were fundamentally […]
• Will ChatGPT Kill the Self-Help Book Market - Emma Jacobs, Financial Review
  Pippa Wright, publishing director at Penguin Life, has a word of caution: non-fiction “has always been boom and bust. At the point it goes up, everyone says, ‘No one is interested in fiction, they want answers.’ And then romantasy goes up and everyone wants escapism.” According to NielsenIQ BookData for the UK, although sales have […]
• Studying the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Undergraduate Research at the U.S. Military AcademyPeer-Review - John Scudder1, et al; Journal of Military Learning
  At the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York, where academic integrity and pedagogical rigor are foundational, initial guidance on generative AI was introduced in 2023. While it emphasized the importance of integrity and instructor-specific policies, the use of generative AI remained decentralized and varied across disciplines (Reeves, 2023). Given this context, faculty […]
• How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Healthcare, Manufacturing, Recycling and Education - Tech Business News
  Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a future-facing technology sitting inside research labs. It is now being used in doctor’s offices, classrooms, factories, recycling plants, semiconductor research facilities and government departments. The real shift is not just that AI can generate text, images or code. The bigger change is that AI systems are now being […]
• Re-educating graduates for the competitive job market - Amber Wang, University World News
  As another record number of university graduates enter China’s job market this month, authorities are increasingly encouraging both students and unemployed graduates to be “re-educated” through vocational and skills-based training. Across China, cities and provinces are offering “technician class” programmes aimed at improving employment outcomes among young people. With strong backing from local governments, initiatives […]
• Can microcredentials drive new demand for higher ed? - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  Higher education leaders, employers and students agree that microcredentials are critical for strengthening enrollment, improving workforce readiness and modernizing curriculum amid rapid AI-driven change. A new Coursera survey of more than 3,500 respondents worldwide found broad support for embedding industry-recognized credentials into degree pathways as institutions face mounting pressure to improve career outcomes and adapt […]
• Medical students’ perceptions of learning modalities: development and psychometric validation of the e-learning and face-to-face learning experience questionnaire - Zahra Karimian, et al; Nature
  The analysis revealed six primary factors influencing student learning experiences, including Peer Interaction, Teacher-Student Interaction, Examination and Assessment methods, Emotional Comfort, Content Quality, and Assignments. The highest factor loading was observed for peer interaction and collaborative learning.... The findings suggest that effective educational practices must integrate diverse teaching methods and assessment strategies to accommodate various […]
• Two Professors, Two Approaches to AI and Assignment Design - Luke Mello, Faculty Focus
  All this considered, a question has arisen from teachers of every discipline: how do we develop assignments that facilitate learning with AI constantly present? This question does not have a single correct answer. Different instructors have different opinions on the role AI should play in education due to their discipline or personal teaching philosophy. I […]