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EDU news curated by Kiosk: The spread of AI influence on campus… and other higher ed news
AI pioneer: ChatGPT will soon become scholars’ ‘debate partner’ From Times Higher Education: “Yike Guo…The professor and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)… Read More
Adobe MAX 🤝AI: Key takeaways from the 2023 event
Generative AI took center stage at this year’s Adobe MAX event, prominently featured in the opening keynote, with more than a dozen mentions, and a… Read More
EDU news curated by Kiosk: Majors slashed due to budgets… and other higher ed news
Despite National Pushback, West Virginia Will Cut Faculty, Programs From Inside Higher Education: “Despite pleas from students, faculty members and academic organizations to change course,… Read More
New AI tools set to shake up the creative process
The world of AI continues to move at a dizzying pace. It provides creatives with potential new tools even as it leaves many wondering where… Read More
EDU news curated by Kiosk: 3-year degree programs… and other higher ed news
The First 3-Year Degree Programs Win Approval From Inside Higher Education: “BYU-Idaho and Ensign College will launch truncated bachelor’s degree programs next spring after getting… Read More
Kiosk awarded ‘Best Places to Work’ for 11th consecutive year
The North Bay Business Journal recently recognized 105 North Bay companies and organizations whose employees voted them as Best Places to Work. Kiosk is honored… Read More
EDU news curated by Kiosk: Online learning update…and other higher ed news
Online and hybrid learning are increasingly popular. Now colleges have to keep up. From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Eighty-one percent of the administrators surveyed… Read More
A-level results: students securing university places drops again
From Times Higher Education: “Fewer UK 18-year-olds have gained a place at their first-choice university following attempts to reverse the grade inflation of the past… Read More
EDU news curated by Kiosk: The web of college transfers…and other higher ed news
The transfer maze From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The transfer mess is one place where the public loses its faith in higher education. Eighty… Read More
Should colleges use AI in admissions?
From Higher Ed Dive: “‘It’s picked up drastically,’ said Abhinand Chincholi, CEO of OneOrigin, an artificial intelligence company. ‘The announcement of GPT — ChatGPT’s kind… Read More
It is too easy to falsely accuse a student of using AI: A cautionary tale
From Times Higher Education: “Emily is an aspiring lawyer … she submitted a 1,300-word essay about a film by Pedro Almodóvar, the great Spanish director…. Read More
A simple hack to ChatGPT-proof assignments using Google Drive
From Times Higher Education: “Pick any file you’ve worked on in Google Drive, then click on File > Version History > See Version History, and… Read More
Biden has another plan for mass student loan forgiveness. It could be excruciatingly long
From USA Today: “The administration is leveraging the country’s primary higher education law to write a regulation that will allow the government to cancel some… Read More
Wesleyan and U of Minnesota drop legacy admissions
From Inside Higher Ed: “Wesleyan University will no longer consider applicants’ ties to alumni in admissions decisions, the institution announced last week. Wesleyan president Michael… Read More
‘Affirmative action for the rich’
From Inside Higher Ed: “Yesterday the Education Department opened a federal civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s policy of preferential admissions treatment for the children… Read More
Study of elite college admissions data suggests being very rich is its own qualification
From The New York Times: “Elite colleges have long been filled with the children of the richest families: At Ivy League schools, one in six… Read More
Will ‘apprenticeship degrees’ come to America?
From Inside Higher Ed: “Dozens of famous employers—including investment bank Goldman Sachs and other luminaries like Deloitte, GE, IBM, JPMorgan, Nestlé, UBS and Rolls-Royce—have begun… Read More
Proof points: High schoolers account for nearly 1 out of every 5 community college students
From The Hechinger Report: “The number of high schoolers taking college classes has been surging for more than two decades. In what is called dual… Read More
Pipeline or pipe dream? Ten million additional college graduates in twenty years
From Forbes: “A recent report by McKinsey and Company issues a bold challenge: graduate ten million more students than currently projected over the next 20… Read More
Black land-grant universities are being starved while white ones flourish, report finds
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Congress has a chance in the coming months to close a loophole that has allowed states to deprive Black… Read More
One college finds a way to get students to degrees more quickly, simply and cheaply
From The Hechinger Report: “A university where students can start at any of six times during the year, take just one subject at a time… Read More
EDU news curated by Kiosk: Supreme Court rulings analysis…and other higher ed news
UNC responds to Supreme Court ruling From Inside Higher Ed: “In a message to the campus, Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz said, ‘Our responsibility to comply… Read More
As Twitter winds users up, Meta’s Threads app offers a place to unwind
With the exception of Elon Musk’s true blue believers, anyone familiar with the social space has been watching Twitter’s chaotic new era with the kind… Read More
EDU news curated by Kiosk: Recent Supreme Court rulings… and other higher ed news
US Supreme Court blocks affirmative action in admissions From Times Higher Education: “The nation’s top court voted 6-2 and 6-3 against race-based considerations in cases… Read More