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Religious Institutions Embrace AI as an Educational Tool

Inside Higher Ed

Religious Institutions Embrace AI as an Educational Tool Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 04/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Despite widespread concerns about AI among secular and nonsecular institutions, religious colleges are treating generative AI as a tool for lessons that go beyond academics and also focus on the whole person.

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Education Department fines Union Institute & University $4.3M, moves to cut off Title IV aid

Higher Ed Dive

The agency said the private Ohio college, which has hallmarks of an institution on the verge of closure, illegally took more financial aid than it was due.

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Higher Education Institutions Are Using Firewall as a Service to Enhance Security

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting higher education institutions. In recent years, as cyberattacks have become more nuanced, the firewall technology that colleges and universities use to prevent them has also evolved. And a Sophos survey suggests that the average recovery cost can top $1 million per incident.

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Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. One report was designed for community college leaders to read — the other was for four-year institutional leaders.

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Challenges at Virginia’s New College Institute show hurdles for workforce education

Higher Ed Dive

NCI has struggled to lock in leadership, employer partners and students who finish programs. Is this a one-off or a warning about the latest higher ed fads?

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Today’s College Students Aren’t Who You Think They Are. Institutions Must Rethink How They Serve Them.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A college education gave Aracely Bahenat access to a career in health care that enabled her to provide a better life for her three sons and escape violent domestic abuse. Four in every 10 college undergraduates leave school before completing a degree. One size doesn’t fit all in higher education.

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Private college discount rates for first-year students, 2021

Higher Ed Data Stories

And when it does, it won't be at one of "those" colleges. It will not tell you which colleges are likely to close soon, although after the fact, you can probably find a closed college and say, "Aha! This will show you the discount rate on first-year students at about 1,000 four-year, private, not-for-profit colleges in 2021-22.

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