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Why the college essay will never be the same due to AI, related technologies

University Business

This is the first full application cycle where students have the ability to use ChatGPT, and this technology is constantly changing,” Jenny Rickard, the chief executive of the Common App, said in a statement, according to The New York Times.

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How admissions offices worked around court rulings and tech trends to uphold core values

University Business

.” Artificial (Intelligence) essays Despite one in seven incoming freshmen reportedly using AI to help write their college essays, Wesleyan University in Connecticut took a laissez-faire approach in addressing the disruptive technology in their Common App portal.

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A Dynamic Thinker

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Allen spent about a year in corporate law before returning to higher education because, in her “heart and soul,” she was an academic. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Penn Carey Law School, has had a storied career in the fields of law, bioethics, data protection, and privacy.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

He will be arriving this July from Minnesota Law School where he served as dean and set a record-high $106 million in fundraising, mightily surpassing its $80 million target in 2021 and doubling the school’s endowment overall at the end of his tenure. News Ranking’s public law school ranks 18 spots to #6.

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Prioritize universal access in AI policy response (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

They decry the thought of students writing lab reports, law school exam responses and even entire term papers simply by putting the essay prompts into ChatGPT, waiting a few moments and then copying the results. No doubt these advances have been beneficial for all—but they’ve been life-altering for some.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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XEquals envisions ‘game-changing’ conversion

The PIE News

XEquals utilises its technology to integrate student CRMs and institutions’ digital marketing channels to create a “connected picture” of recruitment funnels. A new student conversion platform has launched in the US promising to be a “game-changer” in helping institutions reach their enrolment goals.

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