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A dean and her son experience community college (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Ben spoke in a rehearsed tone: “Mom, my guidance counselor agrees with me.” He received guidance on his assignment and made it to work without having to prioritize work over school or vice versa. ” He continued, “You and Dad are overruled. Elizabeth M. Image Source: Courtesy of Elizabeth M.

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Insight Into Diversity Honors Legacy of DEI Innovator, Former Board Chair

Insight Into Diversity

His knowledgeable advocacy and inspiring perspectives provided essential guidance in our work.” ” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished.

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GPT-4 is here. But most faculty lack AI policies.

Inside Higher Ed

” A few short months after OpenAI released ChatGPT—a large language model with an unusual ability to mimic human language and thought—the company released an upgrade known as GPT-4. But by OpenAI’s own admission, humans are susceptible to overrelying on the tools, which could have unintended outcomes.

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

EAB

Within UC’s decentralized model, the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services & Information Technology (CECH) built a robust Student Services Center that provides guidance to students via a team of academic advisors, career development specialists, retention program managers, and a licensed counselor and social worker.

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How are HE leaders responding to generative AI?

HEPI

Looking at the broader HE ecosystem, if generative AI models can be trained to answer students’ questions with a higher degree of accuracy than a human tutor might, the cost of education – and therefore cost barriers – could fall very significantly.

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Five Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Critical Thinkers

Faculty Focus

Beyond humanizing us, sharing in this way demonstrates the difficulties even experienced researchers encounter in drawing conclusions from data or comparing two works of art. Students need clear, consistent guidance about what critical thinking looks like and how to do it. While no doubt some will, many will not. and Elizabeth W.

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Reflections on Fitzgerald and the Qatar World Cup (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In the same way, I hoped students would see Qatar’s transformations as containing many political possibilities while recognizing the country had much work to do in terms of human rights. Western countries, including both European nations and the United States, have a terrible track record when it comes to the history of human rights.