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Sophomores converged on West Virginia University Institute of Technology college campuses for the 31st annual Health Sciences & Technology Academy camp, designed to prepare them for careers in tech and other fields.
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Artificial intelligence places whole term papers and complex mathematical solutions within the grasp of today’s students. Rather than simply banning it, educators must train themselves and provide what it cannot.
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Citing redundancies in the federal government, the Trump administration's new workforce development partnership shifts oversight of adult education and career training programs to the Department of Labor.
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Building upon a military process for locating terror threats on social media, researchers are working on artificial intelligence to automate the matching and identification of anonymous users.
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The National Science Foundation awarded Navajo Technical University with grants to promote STEM education in Native American communities and to examine problems with communication networks in remote areas.
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Career and technical instructors are making use of a platform from YouScience designed to test student aptitudes ahead of job certification exams, potentially guiding them to careers that fit their interests and skills.
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The New York university has announced a collaborative workspace, the Newhouse Startup Garage, that will start by giving companies office space and access to professors in exchange for student internships or jobs.
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University researchers found that six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of adolescents were reporting anxiety or depression, not having the buffers of friends, teachers and routines to help them cope.
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The digital consulting firm Perficient will accept up to 25 students this fall for its 16-week training bootcamp, the Bright Paths Program, which can lead graduates to jobs in software engineering and development.
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A new group of educators, policymakers, technology companies, capital firms and other entities wants to assess the reliability of artificial intelligence applications used by schools and inform future regulations.
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An Excel document detailing student requests for religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine at California State University, Chico was posted anonymously on a message board. Roughly half had been approved.
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Part of the College of Business, the new facility includes forensic workstations, imagers and other tools to give students hands-on experience and a deep understanding of related threats and technologies.
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With 90 percent of the facility occupied and drawing interest from technology and cybersecurity companies, a third building is in the works, focused on academics through AU's new School of Computer and Cyber Sciences.
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Researchers at the university's Dell Medical School are testing whether young people with epilepsy can use virtual reality games to forge new neural pathways that their brains will remember after surgery.
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AT&T and Northern Virginia Community College are partnering on a two-year, on-the-job IT skill-building and mentorship program to fulfill a growing need for qualified candidates in national security.
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As the first full-time director of a consortium of businesses, economic development groups and other organizations trying to grow Iowa's education technology industry, Mark Butland wants to facilitate collaboration.
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The Los Angeles-based, venture-backed ed-tech startup will use the funds to build out artificial intelligence for a tutoring program, as well as its library of virtual lessons that have been used by millions worldwide.
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A new contract with Verizon allows state and local government agencies in Georgia and 12 other states to purchase devices and service plans at a steep discount and provide those to constituents in need.
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The nonprofit has secured a permanent space for six-month training programs for military veterans and young adults from underserved communities to break into fields such as cybersecurity, IT and cloud computing.
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A new agreement would allow students of Augusta Tech’s associate’s degree program in cybersecurity to transfer credits to the bachelor’s program at AU, with the goal of creating a pipeline for students in the field.
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Texas Tech University hosted experts and bankers from five states last week for its annual event with tutorials on subjects like cybersecurity, auditing, credit lending and leadership development.
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