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How will technology change education in the future?

HEPI

There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. 1596, 21 April to 4 May 2023, page 20) The role of the human is also vital to the use of new technology in improving the student experience. On a strike day, it is invaluable.

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What Makes Popular History Popular?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No longer can academic historians dismiss popular biographies or nonspecialist accounts of the past as low-powered history. But, of course, the purpose of many popular histories differs profoundly from those written by academics. ” None of that is true about the best nonacademic histories today.

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Veterans Day History and Policy Issues to Watch When Serving Veterans

WCET Frontiers

WCET Frontiers would like to honor our veterans by sharing about the history of Veterans Day and also share some updates on federal policy issues for institutions to watch that affect the process and delivery of Veterans benefits. This emergency flexibility was extended in via federal legislation to continue the benefit through June 1, 2022.

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Why fintech, and how is political science useful for a fintech job?

HEPI

How could a degree in History and Politics be so useful in financial technology? To the contrary, I feel my degree could not have been a better one to set me up for my work in a financial technology company. What is the connection between political science and project management? And how did I end up in fintech?

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George Washington University Names First Woman President

Insight Into Diversity

The George Washington University (GWU) has named Ellen Granberg its 19th president, making her the first woman to hold the office in the institution’s 200-year history. Granberg is a sociology professor and current provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology.

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Higher Ed Leaders and Scholars Discuss Promises and Pitfalls of AI Tool Usage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The arrival of consumer-grade AI tools into higher ed space has been swift and “immediate” like few other things in history have been, said panelist Dr. C. ChatGPT launched in November of 2022,” Watson said. These new AI tools. are within that wider context."

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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

The PIE News

STEM and science students have OPT , scientists and accounting and finance majors have jobs at both fintech and technology companies – humanities students are feeling the lack of options. “We Inherent in all of these [humanities] disciplines is the advent of technology,” Jon Stauff, assistant VP of international affairs at South Dakota State.