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• Perfect homework, blank stares: Colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI - Jocelyn Gecker, The Associated Press
  Educators are no longer naively wondering if students will use generative AI to do their homework for them. A big question now is how to determine what students are actually learning. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an […]
• College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them - Jeanne Beatrix Law, the Conversation
  A pilot study I led of undergraduate writers at Kennesaw State University takes a different approach. Using think-aloud protocols – a method where participants verbalize their thoughts while performing – our research captures how students interact with generative AI tools during the writing process itself. This method helps us understand decision-making processes as they occur. Our preliminary […]
• ChatGPT’s impact on student learning outcomes: a meta-analysis of 35 experimental studies - Xinning Wu, et al; Nature
  The analysis included 35 studies published between 2022 and 2024, involving 4193 participants. The results indicated a moderately positive effect of ChatGPT on student learning outcomes (g = 0.670), significantly enhancing both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. In the analysis of moderating variables, the subject, experimental duration, and instructional mode had significant positive effects on student learning outcomes, […]
• What Do We Teach Now? - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  The question we must answer very soon is what can we teach that will prepare our learners to endure the huge changes that are upon us? We must not stay the course as it becomes abundantly clear that things are not going to be the same. Lest we say that these forecasts and claims are […]
• How online learning is changing global education - Elizabeth Carter, MSN
  Education is no longer classroom based or place based education. With the advent of the digital arena, learning has become flexible, personal and more accessible than at any previous time. Online education is opening up the closures that used to be regarded as closed to students in the remote villages and those professionals in need […]
• Cloning Myself with AI: Four Ways to Multiply Faculty Presence for Graduate and Adult Learners - Sherrie Myers Bartell, Faculty Focus
  Have you ever wished you could clone yourself? I have. For many faculty in graduate and adult education that longing is more than a passing thought. Balancing the multifaceted needs of students who rely on your expertise, guidance, and presence often feels impossible. While teaching realities mean we can’t be everywhere at once, AI offers […]
• What Comes After an MBA? Why Leaders Are Turning to AI - Boston University Virtual
  The MBA is the defining credential for a generation of business leaders. It builds financial acumen, strategic thinking, and cross-functional fluency — the toolkit for managing complexity and driving organizational performance. For decades, it was the answer to the question every ambitious professional eventually asked: What’s my next move? That question is back. And for […]
• The Apprenticeship (R)Evolution - Sara Weissman and Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed
  Located near the sprawling Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, home to Tesla Gigafactory 1, Truckee Meadows Community College trains Tesla employees in advanced manufacturing skills year-round. And while Tesla itself may be polarizing, the growth of the program is undeniable: In 2023, TMCC trained 85 Tesla apprentices; today, completers number 1,000-plus and growing—quickly. “They choose the courses […]
• Terafab: The World’s Next Generation Chip Factory - Thomas Frey, Futurist Speaker
  On March 21st, Elon Musk introduced Terafab—a $25 billion chip facility, jointly owned by Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI—designed to produce one terawatt of compute per year. That’s fifty times the current annual output of the global AI chip industry. Terafab isn’t just about catching up with TSMC, Samsung, and Nvidia; it’s about leaping ahead—and, remarkably, […]
• AI could leave many college grads unemployed, says ServiceNow CEO - EdScoop
  Bill McDermott, the chief executive of ServiceNow, an American cloud computing firm, told reporters recently that the advancement of artificial intelligence could push the unemployment level of recent college graduates into the almost 40%. McDermott told CNBC that “so much of the work is going to be done by agents,” highlighting the challenge that college […]
• Leading disruption before it leads you - McKinsey
  The riskiest disruption isn’t necessarily the one coming. It may be the one CEOs refuse to lead.Today’s leadership mandate requires more than long-term strategy. In a recent interview with McKinsey’s Eric Kutcher, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna had advice for fellow leaders: “You’ve got to be willing to ‘do’: As opposed to getting disrupted by somebody […]
• University of Phoenix scholars publish study on academic applications of generative AI tools in higher education - University of Phoenix
  Key findings from the study include:Generative AI tools are increasingly used in academic workflows, including literature review support, research brainstorming, and academic writing assistance.AI can improve research efficiency and idea generation, particularly for complex scholarly tasks such as synthesizing large bodies of literature. Ethical and academic integrity considerations remain critical, including transparency about AI use and […]
• Survey: How Should Universities Prepare for the AI Era? - Institute for the Future of Education
  In January of this year, the Digital Education Council (DEC), in collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey, published a study it conducted with the participation of professors and students from 29 Latin American universities on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. The results confirm a growing student adoption of AI, rising from 86% to […]
• US universities pivot to AI degrees as campuses race to match the machine age - Times of India Education
  Artificial intelligence has moved decisively from research corridors into the core of undergraduate education across the United States, forcing universities to redraw academic priorities with unusual speed.In the latest move, Northwestern University has announced a standalone undergraduate major in artificial intelligence, scheduled to roll out in the fall of 2026. The decision places the institution […]
• Exploring the connections between integrated sustainable curricula, generative AI tools, and perceived climate change capabilities across the global south and north using multi-analytics - Javed Iqbal, et al; Nature
  These results highlight the potential of integrated sustainable curricula and climate change sensitivity to enhance climate change capabilities. Although ANN performed comparably with multiple linear regression, fsQCA showed that the presence of any single condition (integrated sustainable curricula, climate change sensitivity, or generative AI tool usage) was sufficient to explain high levels of climate change […]
• All Jobs Gone within 18 Months: Microsoft’s AI Chief Terrifying Prediction Explained - AIGrid
  This podcast discusses the imminent impact of AI on the white-collar workforce, highlighting predictions from Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei that most professional tasks could be automated within the next 12 to 18 months [00:00]. It explores the "quiet" nature of current job displacement, where data shows a significant drop in […]
• How Cal State Became Ground Zero for the Fight over AI in Higher Education - Chris Mills Rodrigo, TechPolicy
   In a statement emailed to Tech Policy Policy, CSU director of media relations and public affairs Amy Bentley-Smith said the system “is focused on ensuring our universities have the tools and resources to meet this moment and lead in the educational application, preparation, and ethical and responsible use of AI.” Bentley-Smith added that access to […]
• Report Outlines Framework for University’s Engagement with AI - Alec Gallimore & Ricardo Henao, Duke Today
  Following the inaugural Duke AI Summit in 2024, Provost Alec D. Gallimore launched the AI at Duke initiative and charged its steering committee with identifying opportunities for elevating the university’s leadership in AI’s development, application and responsible oversight.  The committee was co-chaired by Joseph Salem, Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and vice provost for library […]
• Measuring progress toward AGI: A cognitive framework - Ryan Burnell & Oran Kelly, the Keyword, Google
  Our framework draws on decades of research from psychology, neuroscience and cognitive science to develop a cognitive taxonomy. It identifies 10 key cognitive abilities that we hypothesize will be important for general intelligence in AI systems:Perception: extracting and processing sensory information from the environmentGeneration: producing outputs such as text, speech and actionsAttention: focusing cognitive resources […]
• Faster, thinner: Colleges are swiftly trimming a B.A. degree to three years - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
  Quinn McDonald planned to spend the typical four years working toward a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Then he heard about a place where he could get the same degree in three. “It was the idea of being able to save a year” that grabbed his attention, said McDonald — a savings of not only […]