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• How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking - Helen Pearson, Nature
  Earlier this year, education researcher Lixiang Yan realized that students could outsource all of their work for his university course to artificial intelligence. In praise of human teachers: universities must resist outsourcing everything to AI. Yan, who teaches at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, was using an agentic AI called Codex to set up an […]
• Two years of OpenAI Academy - OpenAI
  To ensure the benefits of AI are broadly shared, people need the skills and confidence to use it in their everyday lives. Since launching in September 2024, OpenAI Academy has helped people build those skills through practical training for tasks ranging from teaching and running a small business to developing software. Over the past two […]
• U of Kentucky Online recognizes faculty, staff for excellence in online teaching - Lindsey Piercy, UKnow
  Three faculty members and four staff members were honored Sept. 16 during the University of Kentucky Online Awards ceremony, which featured the inaugural presentation of the UK Online Teaching Award. Now in its second year, the UKO Advocate recognition expands the UKO Excellence Awards by giving UK Online staff an opportunity to nominate faculty or staff […]
• The next AI divide is between learning and earning - Taha Bawa and Michele Malejki, World Economic Forum
  Young people are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) but knowing how to use AI does not automatically translate into jobs or income. Training should extend to hands-on projects, such as internships and apprenticeships, so young people can hone their skills. A lack of access to devices, connectivity and professional networks can prevent young people from […]
• Small Moves, Big Impact: Building a Positive Climate in Online Classes - Amie Cieminski, Faculty Focus
  One of the challenges that online instructors face is creating a sense of connectedness in which students feel present, “seen,” heard, and part of the learning community. We know student engagement and learning are enhanced when students feel connected—students to the content, students to the instructor, and students to each other. In online environments, social […]
• The economics of AI - McKinsey Quarterly
  AI is getting more expensive for companies. As rising token usage and workflow complexity make costs harder to predict, leaders need new ways to manage AI economics. Even with token prices falling, AI operating costs keep rising. Companies that get it right understand the six drivers behind this gap.https://www.mckinsey.com/quarterly/the-five-fifty/five-fifty-the-economics-of-ai
• Recursive Self-Improvement of AI Without Comprehensive Review and Alignment - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  In the high-tech, high-competition AI field, we are seeing new versions of models rolled out by the frontier companies (OpenAI, Google and Anthropic) every month and a half. I included a Release Cadence Breakdown report by Google Gemini in the “Online: Trending Now” column just a few weeks ago. The speed and intensity of the […]
• 5 Ways AI Is Reshaping Student Success - Joshua Bay, Inside Higher Ed
  Recent initiatives and research show the technology influencing how colleges identify students who may need additional help, where young people turn for emotional support, how students learn and experiment, and the skills they’ll need after graduation. At the same time, students themselves have expressed concerns about their dependence on AI and how well their institutions […]
• Higher Ed Groups Push Back on Trump’s New Accreditation Rule - Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed
  A number of accreditation agencies, student advocacy groups and university lobbyists say they see value in the underlying goals of President Trump’s proposed overhaul to accreditation policy, particularly the efforts to put more weight on student outcomes and cut back on red tape. But many doubt that rewriting higher ed’s quality-assurance regulations is the right […]
• OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns - Sheera Frenkel, NY Times
  OpenAI said on Monday that it would not release its newest artificial intelligence model because of security concerns raised by its researchers, in the company’s latest move to slow down the pace of its technology. During the testing phase for the new model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra, it showed high levels of what the company […]
• Rutgers Law School launches part-time online J.D. program - National Jurist
  Rutgers Law School is launching a part-time, hybrid Online J.D. program featuring live online evening classes, flexible asynchronous coursework and in-person learning opportunities, becoming the 23rd ABA-accredited law school to offer an online J.D. option. Students will take live classes two to three evenings per week and travel to Rutgers Law’s Camden campus for eight […]
• How should AI be regulated? - Claire Goudreau, Johns Hopkins University
  Gillian Hadfield | Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of AI Alignment and Governance said "The key thing that happened was humans stopped writing all of the rules about how the computer was supposed to behave and figured out a method called machine learning where the machine, the computer, would write its own program. People will talk about […]
• White House Moves to Take Control of NIH Grants - Carolyn Y. JohnsonSheryl Gay Stolberg and Tony Romm, NY Times
  The White House has begun drafting a new executive order that could further cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health. Discussed at a highly contentious meeting at the White House on Friday, the directive aims to create a new external committee with the […]
• 4-year visa cap for international students halted by federal judge - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive
  A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s rule limiting international student visas to four years, a regulatory change that would have taken effect Tuesday. In his 48-page ruling, U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor said a lawsuit against DHS is “likely to succeed” on several grounds and that colleges […]
• Pipeline needed: Every metro area now faces a workforce shortage - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  Workforce shortages are mounting across the country and in major job categories, requiring educators, employers and policymakers to strengthen class-to-career pipelines. Every U.S. metro area is projected to lack qualified workers in at least one major job function through 2034, according to new research from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Nearly […]
• The most versatile college majors: Which degrees help grads adapt to a changing job market? - Investopedia, University Business
  As hiring has declined across nearly every field, new data suggests that liberal arts graduates may be best suited to adapt. LinkedIn provided an analysis of its hiring data to Investopedia, comparing hiring rates and versatility across the 20 most popular majors among recent bachelor’s degree graduates. The analysis compares the LinkedIn hiring rate for […]
• Employment patterns are now improving for young workers without degrees - Erik Sherman, University Business
  The most pronounced shift has occurred among workers ages 22 to 34. Burning Glass Institute’s analysis found that, for roughly two decades, unemployment trends for workers with and without college degrees generally moved in tandem when measured through a 212-month moving average for people age 16 and older by education level. That relationship began to […]
• At Georgetown University dialogue, future of artificial intelligence seen as ‘something we have to tackle together’ - Mark Zimmermann, Catholic Standard
  In a week when tech leaders said the artificial intelligence industry needs to slow its race to an uncertain future that some warn may be apocalyptic, Georgetown University hosted a Sept. 9 discussion on “AI, Catholic Social Teaching, and Pope Leo’s Invitation to Dialogue with the World.” The dialogue, sponsored by Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic […]
• OPINION: We’ve been treating college as a career plan, but it’s failing too many students - Pat O'Donnell, Hechinger Report
  Georgetown’s ROI data shows that associate degrees and certificates often deliver a higher return on investment than bachelor’s degrees in the first 10 years after completion, although the data also shows that ROI for bachelor’s degrees pulls ahead at 15 years and then widens the gap thereafter. That nuance matters: For students who need economic […]
• Is Overreliance on AI Causing Agency Decay? - Cornelia C. Walther, Knowledge at Wharton
  People tested it, teased it, challenged it, praised it, feared it, and shared screenshots. Three and a half years later, the novelty has become infrastructure. AI now sits inside search engines, office software, customer-service platforms, coding environments, writing tools, and corporate workflows. That shift has created a new managerial problem: agency decay. Agency decay is […]