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• Texas becomes the latest player in the three-year degree movement - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  The three-year bachelor’s degree is coming to Texas, marking an emphatic expansion of the growing accelerated-degree movement. Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to build a framework for a three-year bachelor’s degree to drive down college costs and boost completion in high-wage, high-demand fields. “Every semester adds to tuition, fees, […]
• ChatGPT boosts student scores while critical-thinking training broadens ideas - Emma Thompson, Ed Tech Innovation Hub
  A new study shows giving university students access to ChatGPT helped them produce higher-scoring, more expert-like work, but a separate critical-thinking intervention changed something the traditional grading rubric largely missed: the range and distinctiveness of their ideas. The randomized controlled trial, conducted by researchers at Bocconi University in collaboration with OpenAI Economic Research, involved 1,053 […]
• Artificial Intelligence as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education: Enhancing Reflection and Formative Assessment - Nancy Marsh and Nan Flickinger, Faculty Focus
  The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education has generated both enthusiasm and apprehension among educators. This article argues that AI can serve as an adaptive pedagogical partner, enhancing formative assessment, reflection, and metacognitive learning. Through illustrative examples, the study demonstrates how AI can provide individualized feedback and foster deeper conceptual understanding. The discussion […]
• USC and UCLA bet big on AI to meet soaring student, job market demands - Jaweed Kaleem, LA Times
  The Viterbi school of engineering at USC is offering a four-year program to prepare students for such fields as drug discovery, robotics and agriculturel  UCLA, USC and other universities are launching new majors to train students either to build AI systems or to use them in the humanities. USC’s AI degree immerses students in model-building […]
• How Accreditation Changes Could Impact Professional Licensure - Jessica Blake, Inside Higher Ed
  President Trump’s proposal to strip the American Bar Association’s accreditation arm of its gatekeeping powers for federal student aid has triggered a cascade of questions and concerns about whether future law school graduates in certain states will be able to obtain an attorney’s license. Legal and higher ed experts say it will come down to […]
• Canada Hires 48 Scholars Away From Top U.S. Universities - Vjosa Isai, NY Times
  Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States. Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses including Harvard, Yale and M.I.T., and the remainder are from Europe, Asia and Australia. Turmoil in […]
• Faster Technology Cycles Mean Faster Retraining Cycles - Hugo Villar, Evolllution
  Ever-faster technological change is reshaping the labor market. The World Economic Forum reports that employers expect 39% of workers’ core skills to change by 2030, identifying technological change as the leading driver of that disruption. An analysis of U.S. job postings adds a sharper data point: The average job has seen 32% of its required […]
• What employers are looking for in the age of AI — and four ways to provide it - Ben Deighton, Nature
  Recruiters repeatedly told Nature that, rather than specific technical skills, they’re mostly looking for candidates who are curious to learn more about AI and are able to demonstrate that on their CVs. “It’s the willingness to just roll up your sleeves and get into it, whether it’s informal training, whether it’s just spending some hours […]
• UC Irvine School of Education to lead $10 million national center on AI and postsecondary writing - UC Irvine
  UC Irvine’s School of Education will lead a national effort to examine how generative AI can strengthen college writing instruction without undermining students’ writing, critical thinking and communication skills.The WRITE AI Center will develop and test evidence-based approaches to AI-supported writing, including PapyrusAI, a platform UC Irvine designed to provide personalized support while keeping instructors […]
• Education Department takes first step to strip ABA of accreditation authority - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  Agency staff recommended ending federal recognition for the American Bar Association’s accreditation arm, ramping up attacks on the organization. On Friday, U.S. Department of Education staff released a report recommending the agency deny federal recognition of the ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which accredits law schools. Staff […]
• GPT-6 Astra - OpenAI
  (EDITOR'S NOTE - The version 6 of GPT, released yesterday, has re-ignited the debate over Artificial General Intelligence with some notable AI leaders claiming it has opened the AGI era.  Linked below is the OpenAI announcement with some sample videos of the capability.)GPT‑6 Astra brings together years of research and big bets across pre-training, reinforcement […]
• Online career training is growing – does it work? - Steven Yoder, the Hechinger Report
  Interest in career and technical education is booming now, as students seek ways to get a start  on a well-paying career, and perhaps cut short or avoid paying for a pricey college degree. Stride and other for-profit education companies that already run traditional high schools online have taken note and expanded their career-oriented offerings in […]
• Texas governor pushes for 3-year degree pathways - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the state’s higher education board to develop recommendations for three-year pathways to bachelor’s degrees. Abbott instructed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to gather public college officials and faculty leaders, as well as employers and accreditors, into a working group to mull the issue and report back to […]
• Schools are starting to teach AI literacy. For many, that means helping kids see chatbots’ flaws - JOCELYN GECKER and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
  AI literacy has become a buzzword of this back-to-school season as educators try to strike a balance between equipping students with the skills they need for an AI-driven future while preventing them from outsourcing their thinking to chatbots. There is no single definition of what AI literacy means, or how it should be taught. Tech […]
• The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical. - Bill Gates, linkedIn Pulse
  We need a plan to ensure that the good outweighs the bad.The transition to the AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history.Right now, we are not preparing adequately for that transition.If the world takes the right steps, AI will be a force for good and leave everyone better offhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/turbulent-ai-era-here-choices-we-make-now-critical-bill-gates-kkmze/
• Ghost students: Why one-time identity verification is not enough - Mouhamad Mbacke, University Business
  Since April 2026, every applicant completing the FAFSA has been screened for identity fraud. The Department of Education introduced the requirement after Federal Student Aid concluded that stolen and synthetic identities—also known as “ghost students”—had become a serious threat to federal aid programs. Ghost student fraud deserves every higher education security leader’s attention because it […]
• Lessons from AASCU: Why regional universities are built for online growth - Risepoint
  Regional public universities are navigating a period of profound change: demographic decline, growing competition from national online providers, and increasing pressure to demonstrate the value of a degree. Those challenges formed the backdrop for a conversation at this year’s American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Summer Meeting, where Dr. Shelly Blunt, Provost at […]
• How New Visa Limits Are Already Affecting Colleges - Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed
  International applicants dropped by over 25 percent at Illinois’s flagship university and several dozen international students withdrew from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, just weeks before the start of the semester. Those are just two of the ways colleges said, in court filings, that new limits on how long international students can stay in the […]
• Now Is the Time to Plan and Prepare Your Students and Colleagues on Workplace AI - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  If ever there was a most important era in which we must emphasize discourse with our students, it is today. We are in the midst of major changes in our culture and society as a whole. How, then, do we prepare our learners to enter a job market where the primary tools are making huge […]
• Higher education systems are quickly moving toward financial peril - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  Concerns are increasing about the number of university and college systems in financial distress or drifting toward it—and many may be beyond repair without outside help, according to the latest analysis by education tech company Ellucian. Three familiar boogeymen—shrinking pools of students, rising operating costs and workforce disruptions—are worsening the financial outlook for the nation’s […]