Kortext University Leaders' Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

With the door to 2022 shut firmly behind us, it’s time to step off the doorstep, out into the open that is 2023 and explore four things that we think will be on the horizon for higher education in 2023. Change the landscape of higher education as we know it. Augar Report. Artificial Intelligence. Get better.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2023

Lack of hands-on experience is one of the biggest obstacles for recent computer information science graduates seeking employment. An inexperienced employee can become a liability for an employer due to potential errors and omissions that could lead to software or network vulnerabilities or privacy risks.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. Without innovation no organization can thrive.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2023

Artificial intelligence is finding evermore creative ways to interweave within our everyday lives, and it’s no different in higher education. As quickly as artificial intelligence models develop, so, too, their impact across different facets of higher education.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Educational institutions are in dire need of cybersecurity professionals as criminal organizations continue to set their sights on the education sector. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently announced the expansion of its cybersecurity education initiative to all 50 states. But what about higher ed?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

Amardeep Kahlon Amardeep Kahlon has been named vice president of education and learning at Central New Mexico Community College. She holds a master’s in computer science from Binghamton University in New York and a doctorate in higher education leadership from the University of Texas at Austin.

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The PIE News

APRIL 12, 2024

Computer Sciences & Information Systems, and Medicine are QS’s largest subject areas with over 700 universities ranked, followed by Biological Sciences and Chemistry. Japan in turn has reversed “more than five years of decline”, with an overall improvement of 5%.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. This is different from generic applications where chatbots may only handle customer service inquiries.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

Responses of Colleges Some educators, however, see ChatGPT as an opportunity, not a threat. Responses of Administrators In higher education, colleges and universities have been reluctant to ban the A.I. Universities are also aiming to educate students about the new A.I. said they planned to embed a discussion of A.I.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

Eight scientists at The Ohio State University have been elected to the 2023 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. I am pleased to see these creative thinkers receive well-deserved recognition for their research and service from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.”

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Gray Associates

JANUARY 8, 2024

Discover the latest college degree programs introduced in December, spanning healthcare, computer sciences, engineering, and business. Stay at the forefront of higher education with these exciting possibilities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

Earning a college degree is still a sound investment, although the rate of economic return varies across college majors and student demographics, according to a new American Educational Research Association (AERA) analysis of 5.8 million Americans. It relied on 2009–2021 data from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Jayadeva holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a Master of Library and Information Science from Queens College as well as a Ph.D. in education, instructional design, and technology from Liberty University.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. This is different from generic applications where chatbots may only handle customer service inquiries.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2023

Jobs for the Future , a nonprofit focused on the American workforce and education systems, recently identified a skill and career gap among Black learners and job seekers. “Black Americans continue to have less systemic access to build and maintain professional social capital.” .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

“This renewal grant is the largest grant our department has received, which shows NSF’s trust in our vision to educate and train a world-class, diverse group of students who are ready to address real-world computer security and artificial intelligence challenges,” said Dr. Yuliang Zhang, chair of UAB’s computer science department.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Register Now Date & Time: Wednesday, March 27 at 2 pm ET Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of higher education, including personalizing the learning experience, improving accessibility support, streamlining and automating administrative processes, and much more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2023

MassBay Community College will be offering free education and training in the areas of computers and technology to unemployed and underemployed workers. We are extremely grateful for this grant and for the support from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development,” said MassBay President Dr. David Podell.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

Vanderbilt University has announced its work toward establishing a college dedicated to computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and related fields. Raver said the college will enable the university to build upon its programs and provide students with high-caliber educational opportunities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Those looking to apply to Wentworth are required to have four years of English, a mathematics course on the level of Algebra II, and one laboratory science course under their belt. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, less than half of U.S. And only 16% of graduates had completed calculus that year.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Implications for practice, research, and policy toward the future of education highlight the importance of connecting academics to workforce development (Jocson, 2018). Intentional education benefits workforce development Scholarly inquiry is developed through a collaborative and informative process. Likewise, Lambeth et al.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. Still, it’s not entirely clear why students are returning to higher education now—or whether the trend is likely to continue into this fall.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Employers that responded to NACE’s Winter 2023 Salary Survey are expecting to pay Class of 2023 graduates with bachelor’s degrees in engineering ($74,405) and math and sciences ($67,199) average salaries just 0.7% higher than projected last year. from last year.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education are seeking an additional $96 million from state lawmakers this year, bringing the total state funding request to $986 million, according to reporting from local radio station KOSU. Turpen said in a press release last week.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Benn holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics at the University of Alabama at Huntsville and an MBA from Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. Brian Benn Brian Benn has been appointed vice president and chief information officer at Clark Atlanta University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Multiple academic studies have demonstrated that encouraging children to pursue a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) career gives them a distinct business advantage later in life. Unfortunately, STEM education is currently facing challenges that could affect the success of skilled students around the globe.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Now a senior at Stanford University studying computer science and international security while also completing her master’s degree, Guru, one of 30 Higher Ed IT Influencers to Follow, spoke to EdTech about her inspirations, how her education has refined her views on cybersecurity and what Generation Z brings to the tech conversation.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

A new report from the Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality suggests that higher education contributes to racial and gender segregation in the labor market, because women and students of color are underrepresented in certain fields of study and concentrated in others.

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University Business

OCTOBER 11, 2023

When broken down by individual subjects such as reading, science and math, student scores still fell below the benchmarks the ACT says students must reach to have a high probability of success in first-year college courses. I really struggled when it came to higher-level algebra because I just didn’t know anything.” Massachusetts 26.4

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The PIE News

APRIL 5, 2023

BC Partners has taken over a majority stake in the post-secondary education providers that specialise vocational and transnational education courses. The TNE provider also works with VET by EHL, Southampton Solent, The University of Arizona and the University of North Alabama.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 14, 2023

The New Educational and Research Alliance (NERA), in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, will bring together the resources, knowledge, and expertise of its participating institutions to address societal inequities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Dr. Marcus Bright The meaning that context provides can make a critical difference in tech educational curriculum like computer science. I believe that there is a need to intentionally build context around computer science education specifically. Context addresses the important “for what” question.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Implications for practice, research, and policy toward the future of education highlight the importance of connecting academics to workforce development (Jocson, 2018). Intentional education benefits workforce development Scholarly inquiry is developed through a collaborative and informative process. Likewise, Lambeth et al.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. We are an affordable institution. Also, it’s the environment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Akuta earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science technology from Savannah State University, a master’s in information technology from Middle Georgia State University, and an education specialist degree in instructional technology from the University of West Georgia.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

At Connecticut’s Fairfield University, computer science students do more than read about cybersecurity in the classroom. They also help run the school’s security operations center (SOC).

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 23, 2023

Initially, the department thought the space could be used by gamers, game designers and computer science majors. So, when USC’s Learning Environments department stumbled upon an underutilized space in the basement of Leavey Library, it decided to put it to use as an esports arena and a classroom. Then it added a…

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