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Fall books from university presses on digital life

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Intellectual Affairs Without making any claim to exhaustiveness, here is a brief survey of new and forthcoming books on information technology and digital media published by academic presses this fall. But there are limits to technological finesse. Gigerenzer sounds more tech-skeptical.

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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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(Re)imagining AI for Educators: How to Improve Learner-Centered Classrooms with Futuristic Possibilities 

Faculty Focus

We have been here before and can recognize the potential of technology tools in the hands of both teachers and students, which promotes more efficient learning, can save time, and focuses on what’s needed. Only affluent universities and technology companies had access to experiment with what AI could mean in the future.

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How to Ask Your Employer to Pay for Your Degree

Coursera blog

For example, if you are a software developer working in the financial technology sector, your employer may not be open to funding an art history degree. They may, however, consider reimbursing you for master’s programs in cybersecurity, computer science, or related areas.

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President’s Corner: Why Lori White believes DePauw is at a nexus point

University Business

This also marked the first time in DePauw University’s history that a woman and a person of color was stepping in. The pandemic, an event timestamped in the history of U.S. presidents, her favorite kind of books. For the first time in her career, she was the president of a university. But this was March of 2020.

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Five Tips for Writing Academic Integrity Statements in the Age of AI 

Faculty Focus

Author Rie Kudan received a prestigious Japanese literary award for her book, The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy, and then disclosed that 5% of her book was written word-for-word by ChatGPT (Choi & Annio, 2024). A Google Docs version history where it appears as though text was copied and pasted in all at once? 2023; Perkins et al.,

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Is Academic Scholarship Stagnating?

Inside Higher Ed

Not by admissions selectivity or even by their contribution to social mobility, but, rather, their impact on the growth of knowledge and technological and scientific advancement? Smith’s essay raises troubling questions about whether Google, despite its dominance of AI research, is treating this technology with the urgency it requires.