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With Coursera’s network of university and industry leaders and Udemy’s network of subject-matter experts, the two online learning platforms will create one larger company focused on in-demand skills in fields like AI. -
A 30-member California Innovation Council will include executives and leaders from the UC system, the Brookings Institute, Stanford University and the California Chamber of Commerce, among others.
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Technology is driving at least two trends in young people that colleges should have an answer for: self-education and loneliness. Meanwhile, employers increasingly value social and collaborative skills that AI cannot provide.
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The lab will focus on robotics, systems that learn continuously, teaching machines to reason and how AI can improve creativity.
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The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Texas Rio Grande with $500,000 for the development of theoretical research.
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Students will learn programming languages like Python, JavaScript and how to develop front-end web visualization.
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Companies like The New York Times and Spotify are planning to establish a standardized test for applicants.
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The STEM Teaching and Research Center will bring together chemists, biologists, mathematicians, forensic scientist, engineers and others to work side-by-side in an innovative environment.
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The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will familiarize lawyers with new technologies and how to use them in their practice.
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Queens College's IT and asset management teams desperately needed a solution that would not only let them better manage and organize corporate assets, but also improve their security profile with more complete visibility and control.
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In higher education, the students and faculty are the customers. Therefore, the most important mutual objective for IT is to invest in technologies that create an environment for student success, including the ability for its faculty, staff and students to use any device to facilitate learning.
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Not enough students are graduating with science, technology, engineering and math skills.
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Classes will soon start that will teach scientists the ability to critically analyze large amounts of information in fields from technology to financial services.
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Growing demand for the popular major has forced the university to create a "direct to major" policy change to relieve frustration and stress among incoming high school graduates.
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The unique learning platform could change the way students learn about medicine.
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The university has been ranked as the number one game-design school on the east coast and one of the top 50 in the country.
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The digital currency, and the underlying technology blockchain, is now part of classroom discussions in colleges throughout Chicago and northern Illinois.
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The competition is centered around using blockchain tech to change the ways taxes are levied.
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The industry is expected to need over 300,00 drone pilots in the next 5 years.
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This past month has revealed the incredible reality that the profession of teaching has entered a new era of embracing innovation and technology.
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The report recommends that colleges and universities consider funneling more resources into computer science departments to address professors' increasing workloads.
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