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- How a master's in AI can prepare you to lead in business - Chloë Lane, GMACIn our most recent GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey Report, ‘skills in AI tools’ rose significantly in importance year-over-year—reflecting the growing demand for this proficiency. One effective way to build these desirable skills is by studying a master’s in AI—a specialist master’s degree that bridges the gap between technical expertise and business application. One such program […]
- UntitledWe have months left... in the Wake of Mythos and Glasswing Response - Wes Roth, YouTubeThe emergence of Anthropic’s Mythos model marks a significant shift in the AI landscape, particularly regarding cybersecurity. As Wes Roth details, the model possesses an "emergent" ability to autonomously identify and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in codebases that were previously thought […]
- Students are becoming AI fluent. Universities aren’t. - James L. Norrie, University BusinessAcross higher education, artificial intelligence is too often being governed as though it were primarily an academic integrity issue. It is clearly not just that. AI is already reshaping how universities teach, advise, recruit, admit, communicate, assess risk, and make decisions. Yet many institutions continue to approach it through fragmented policies, uneven faculty guidance, and […]
- Economists Starting to Admit They May Have Been Wrong About AI Never Replacing Human Jobs: They're taking it seriously - Joe Wilkins, FuturismAs a sweeping economics paper by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Forecasting Research Institute (FRI), and numerous top universities found, that attitude may be shifting. As time goes on, top economic experts are increasingly factoring extreme AI disruption into their models. Yet acknowledging a possibility and accepting its inevitable are two very […]
- The AI Transformation Manifesto - McKinseyThe companies that are truly innovating with AI are doing something very different from their peers: They are conceptualizing and developing AI capabilities that reshape their products, services, core business processes, and organizational systems. These leading companies—many profiled in the second edition of our seminal book, Rewired: How Leading Companies Win with Technology and AI—are […]
- Central Illinois union painter shares the value of apprenticeships in a statewide professional development program - Addy Carnahan, Lauren Warnecke, WGLT NPRIllinoisJalissa Jones, also from ISU's Center for Specialized Professional Support, said people tend to think of apprenticeships being exclusively related to trades, but that's not always the case. “Another really vital part of this program is the idea of changing people's minds about what apprenticeships and what apprentices look like,” she said. “It can be […]
- 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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