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New Technology and Attitudes Emerge from the Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the start of 2020, there was robust availability of online higher education, but no one anticipated that a worldwide pandemic called COVID-19 would soon usher in a new world of distance learning. “The We had some of our colleagues provide advice on using educational technology. It’s still something very much on our minds.”

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In downtime alone, ransomware attacks have cost the education sector more than $50 billion since 2018

University Business

Throughout the first half of 2023, K12 and higher education institutions experienced 85 ransomware attacks, nearly doubling last year’s recording, according to a new analysis from Comparitech. Cybersecurity quickly made its way to the top of the list of priorities for education leaders, especially since the pandemic.

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East Michigan University Adopts AI Gun Detection Technology

Insight Into Diversity

Eastern Michigan University (EMU) has become the first higher education institution in the state to utilize technology across campus by ZeroEyes, the only AI- (artificial intelligence) based gun detection video analytics platform. A Q&A posted by EMU about the company and technology can be found here.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

From a cultural perspective, Jocson (2018) determined that ethnographic application supports racially and cultural and minority student learning. Implications for practice, research, and policy toward the future of education highlight the importance of connecting academics to workforce development (Jocson, 2018).

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Technology investments hit steep declines in 2022 due to budget and faculty shortages

University Business

Higher education institutions are in a race to replace 20-year-old administrative systems to modernize the faculty and student online experience, yet new findings show that investments across student, finance and human capital management technology systems dipped harshly following a surge in 2022.

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This startup trailblazer believes these 5 trends will shape the future of education

University Business

Education leaders ready to leap into the next generation of education that fully embraces digital modalities aren’t waiting around for our current institutions to get it together. “An education system built for the Industrial Revolution is not going to get it done and has frankly outstayed its welcome.”

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

From a cultural perspective, Jocson (2018) determined that ethnographic application supports racially and cultural and minority student learning. Implications for practice, research, and policy toward the future of education highlight the importance of connecting academics to workforce development (Jocson, 2018).