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Idaho university presidents: Are their travels essential, or extravagant?

University Business

Idaho’s four college and university presidents spent about $150,000 traveling, over a 12-month span. Boise State University President Marlene Tromp and University of Idaho President C. While there, she signed an international agreement, engineered by Boise-based Micron Technology Inc.,

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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009.

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How CIOs can take advantage of the AI revolution

University Business

We are also seeing educators and students adopt AI faster than previous disruptive and transformative technologies. CIOs and their network support engineers constantly have to find creative ways to improve their network configurations to support the ever-growing number of devices on campus.

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Co-Chairs Named to Southern Regional Education Board Commission on AI and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Henry McMaster and Marshall University President Brad D. The two-year commission convenes leaders in education and business to chart a course for how artificial intelligence, or AI, is used in classrooms and how to prepare a workforce that is being transformed by technology. South Carolina Gov.

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It’s a great time for higher ed to go electric

University Business

A recent analysis by EY found that EV sales will outpace all other types of engines three years sooner than expected. Let’s look at the most compelling reasons colleges and universities should actively begin integrating EV charging stations into their infrastructure right now. Where will they be placed around campus?

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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

When President LeBlanc began his first higher ed leadership position in 1996, the year of the dotcom boom, he saw a role for digital technology at Vermont's small, struggling Marlboro College. "I We started a conversation about the impact of technology. Southern New Hampshire University. This was a lifelong conversation.

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The State of EdTech: OPMs, Risk Planning, and Generative AI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 189 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Phill Hill

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, listeners will gain an overview of how technology is reshaping the EdTech arena and the potential risks of the current state of OPMs. The university has established over 1,300 articulation agreements with community colleges across the country.