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The Luddite Chronicles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Robots 

Faculty Focus

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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The Luddite Chronicles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Robots 

Faculty Focus

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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A People's History of Higher Education in the US?

Higher Education Inquirer

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. In 2026 we expect an enrollment cliff to occur, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession. There is a growing educated underclass, people who are working but are not working in areas that they had hoped for.

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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Insight Into Diversity

Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. Mexico border. In addition to its inherent cross-disciplinary nature, the study of the U.S.-Mexico

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Big universities are flooded with applicants, forced to turn more away

University Business

So much so, they’re remaining test-optional until 2026, at the least, and they believe that strategy is paying off. “ We as humans want to predict what’s going to happen with our kids, but each year that’s becoming more and more challenging.” Espinoza, however, is wary of how we choose to move forward with technology.

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Preparing for the Next 330 Years (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

To educate for impact, a university evolves and does it within its core values. ” In February 2022, data (along with careers, democracy and water) was announced as one of the cornerstone initiatives that emerged following the lengthy and inclusive Vision 2026 strategic planning process.

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How U.S. Colleges and Universities are Responding to Declining Enrollments

WCET Frontiers

Welcome to the second post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. The work group joins us today to discuss the ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. Higher education institutions are responding to the ensuing financial instability in ways that are both predictable and creative.