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Educating the Next Generation in AI

Campus Technology

In addition to basic computer science, data competencies, and the mathematics and statistics behind AI and machine learning, there are a range of social impacts to consider: AI risk, ethics, privacy, questions of bias, etc. What skills will students need for the workforce of the future in an age dominated by artificial intelligence?

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

This is an instructive moment at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby recently assumed the role of president. I left Duke University, that I loved and still love, where I have friends, colleagues, and students. I don't allow anybody to talk to me about anything there.

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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

The University of Arkansas, for example, has welcomed a record number of students this school year, topping 32,000. Whether rebounding from a sluggish 2022 or rivaling pre-pandemic enrollment numbers, colleges and universities embraced a variety of initiatives to win new students and maintain a healthy cohort.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Brian Blake, President, Georgia State University. Brian Blake on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast as he approached his one-year anniversary of becoming President at Georgia State University. Georgia State University. Four-pillar strategy (President Blake's mission for his presidential tenure at Georgia State). •

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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. The assignment asks students to submit an 1,800- to 2,200-word proposal about a local issue.

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Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs

EAB

While many university leaders express interest in launching cybersecurity master’s degrees , increasing competition and market concentration threaten all new programs’ ability to capture student attention. Computer Science. The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments.

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A President’s Perspective on Scaling for Growth

Helix Education

While president of University of Maryland Global Campus, she developed their first online master’s degree in cybersecurity ( you can read her excellent white paper on how she did this ). Be realistic about the fact that critical decisions now are going to either positively or negatively impact the university in the future.