Higher Education
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Texas A&M University is seeking approval to sell land to nuclear energy companies as a solution to power-supply problems in Texas. It may become the first U.S. university to have a commercial nuclear reactor site license. -
Albuquerque Public Schools and Central New Mexico Community College shifted to online courses Thursday in light of a winter storm warning, while the University of New Mexico canceled classes altogether.
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A Thursday afternoon event at a public university in Oklahoma invited female students to visit stations around campus featuring various STEM subjects, from cybersecurity to nursing.
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Generative AI, cyber threats, TikTok and phone bans are some of the major issues that impacted ed tech in 2024. In the new year, school boards need to determine how to move forward.
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A new data-sharing platform at UC San Diego will bring the latest research and technology on wildfire ecology into one place, allowing researchers, government officials and other experts to collaborate on solutions.
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A Nov. 7 panel discussion between experts at Rogers State University in Oklahoma will cover the potential of AI in business and education, as well as ethical concerns with it, such as how it uses private data to learn.
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A state grant will support the Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness, a research facility that will accommodate the nation’s first heavy-haul battery testing for the rail, marine and mining industries.
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With a division dedicated to workforce education and continuing education, a public community college in Texas can tailor programs to the specific needs of local businesses, and adjust formats to the needs of students.
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The University of Maine's "Factory of the Future," a new 50,000-square-foot Green Engineering and Materials building, focuses on housing, renewable energy and infrastructure, national defense and boat building.
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A private Catholic university in Texas may be on the hook for millions of dollars because of class-action lawsuit over a 2022 data breach that compromised personal information of tens of thousands of students and staff.
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Central Connecticut State University is the first university in the U.S. to work with AI companies on developing a holographic synthetic human, and the first to integrate it alongside students and faculty.
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A panel of experts at the annual EDUCAUSE conference discussed why data and analytics, and ultimately chief information officers, are growing more important to the future of higher education.
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A new data-sharing agreement between the Sacramento Office of Education, Elk Grove Unified School District and several local colleges aims to deliver actionable insights for boosting enrollment and graduation rates.
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Pennsylvania State University is the new home of the U.S. Supreme Court Database, a public, searchable repository of the 30,000 cases that have been decided by the court since 1791.
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Cyber insurance is one way to protect institutions when something goes wrong in their digital infrastructure, but acquiring and implementing it will look different depending on organizational structure and priorities.
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In the face of rapidly accelerating technological change, a private-sector expert at the EDUCAUSE national conference last week suggested that institutions embrace becoming technology-first enterprises.
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Between its new $6.2 million 17-acre solar array to power campus buildings and the electricity it gets from hydropower from the New York Power Authority, Niagara University's carbon footprint is net zero.
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Academic publisher Wiley has partnered with ed-tech company Alchemie to reduce barriers for blind and low-vision students to the field of chemistry, which relies heavily on visual representations of matter.
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The University of California, Santa Cruz, will use a National Science Foundation grant to redesign support and mentoring programs to better serve students from marginalized backgrounds.
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The University of Michigan devoted considerable resources to proprietary generative AI tools. Next month it will launch a public-facing chatbot to connect prospective college students with funding opportunities.
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A public community college in Illinois hosted a group of small business owners and local manufacturers last week to show off its Advanced Technology Center as an essential part of the regional economy's talent pipeline.
