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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education.

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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

Success requires leaders to learn how to say no. Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions.

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Generative AI in Higher Education: A 360-Degree Approach

Helix Education

The following reflects these conversations, and I seek to align them with my thoughts envisioning how Gen AI, machine learning, and deep learning can tackle these hurdles. Gen AI-powered analytics can help university leadership gather meaningful insights to identify programs in which students are most likely to enroll.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. A $10K master’s degree from a top global university. I’ll give you 10,000 reasons: the degree will cost students $10,000!

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AI-generated essays are nothing to worry about (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

For the aforementioned AI essay activity, I borrowed an assignment sheet from the University of Texas at Austin’s first-year writing class. Few of the students in my class have experience with computer programming. Ultimately, higher education is going to have to come to grips with AI text generation.

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The Power of Empowerment

Faculty Focus

At the online university where I work, students are introduced to the idea of growth and fixed mindsets upon entrance to college programming; furthermore, research indicates that multiple direct and indirect exposures to growth mindset interventions result in statistically significant positive attitudinal changes (Chambers, Lowe, and Muldrow, 2022).

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The Power of Empowerment

Faculty Focus

At the online university where I work, students are introduced to the idea of growth and fixed mindsets upon entrance to college programming; furthermore, research indicates that multiple direct and indirect exposures to growth mindset interventions result in statistically significant positive attitudinal changes (Chambers, Lowe, and Muldrow, 2022).

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