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• 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 […]
• The AI-centric imperative: Navigating the next software frontier - McKinsey
  The software industry is entering a new era—and it may yet prove even more disruptive than the software-as-a-service (SaaS) revolution that preceded it. The emergence of gen AI and, more recently, agentic AI is not just another technology wave; it is a foundational shift redefining what software is, who builds it, who uses it, and […]
• What Is AI Infrastructure? Why the model is only one layer of the AI stack. - Qamar Zia, INVENEW
  AI infrastructure is everything underneath the application that lets models train, serve, scale, route, retrieve context, stay observable, and run at a cost the business can live with.For builders, this matters because many AI apps do not fail because the model is weak.They fail because the system around the model is weak.Latency was not planned […]
• Free and Affordable Platforms for Issuing Online Badges to Students in 2026 - Marc Berman, Programming Insider
  Digital credentials, micro-credentials, and digital badges have become the standard way universities, training providers, and event organizers verify and share what students have learned. The platforms that issue them vary widely in price, features, and flexibility, and Credly, while well known, charges a minimum of around $2,500 for 500 badges with no published pricing and […]
• In California’s ‘Lithium Valley,’ students are training for jobs that haven’t yet materialized - Erin Lode, Hechinger Report
  The situation speaks to a conundrum faced by local colleges when a new industry promises to come to town: Local residents want the new jobs. Companies say they want to hire local residents, but they’d need additional skills and training. In the middle are schools like Imperial Valley College, left to figure out the best […]
• Work-based Learning: Who Gets Paid? - Nichole Torpey-Saboe & Akua Amankwah-Ayeh, Strada
  Work-based learning is linked to better early career outcomes, including higher earnings and greater likelihood of securing college-level employment. As part of the 2025 State Opportunity Index, states were benchmarked using student-reported participation in at least one of five types of paid work-based learning at public two- and four-year institutions: internships, apprenticeships, co-ops, practica, and […]
• An augmented reality tool for accessible learning - Cindy Lam, Sai Kit Yeung, Kenichiro Takei; Times Higher Education
  Combining GenAI with simple augmented reality tools offers a practical way to support accessible, adaptable and interdisciplinary learning. So, how can we make GenAI more intuitive, accessible and relevant across disciplines? One approach is to pair it with simple visual tools. GenAI-powered AquaReality cards offer a low-cost and scalable way to bring abstract concepts to […]