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Howard University’s redesigned Intro to AI course, supported by the nonprofit CodePath and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, introduces industry-aligned training for entry-level engineering roles. -
UW-Stout has received about $2 million of federal grants for special projects to promote civil discourse, enhance understanding of AI and expand short-term, non-degree training programs.
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The University at Albany's embrace of IBM's artificial intelligence hardware and expertise is paying quick dividends for researchers in academic departments across the school.
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A new facility will meet the needs of a joint cybersecurity program at Calumet College of St. Joseph, a private Roman Catholic college in Indiana, and the nearby Lake County campus of Ivy Tech Community College.
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Formerly known as Buzz, an anonymous social media platform created by Stanford students is gaining traction on college campuses, having expanded to at least 80 schools and brought in $41.5 million in total funding.
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A vendor used by the Georgia Teachers Retirement System to prevent benefit overpayments was part of the widely reported MOVEit hack, potentially impacting those who were paid benefits between March 1 and May 26.
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Addressing the AImpactEd Summit on Monday, digital strategist and education author Dan Fitzpatrick stressed the need for teachers to familiarize themselves with AI tools to enhance instruction.
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As part of a new $11 million program in Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell researchers want to make AIs fluent with calculus so they can derive the underlying differential equations that govern physical systems.
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Following the success of biology courses aided by technology from Dreamscape Immersive, Arizona State University is hoping to make more use of virtual reality for other course subjects moving forward.
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After a somewhat chaotic year in which professors grew suspicious of their students' writing and navigated new territory largely without clear guidance, colleges and universities still face inevitable change.
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Neither the Hawaii Department of Education nor the University of Hawaii are considering outright bans on ChatGPT, but educators are waiting for more professional development or guidance how to use it.
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A cybersecurity breach in July may have exposed the names, Social Security numbers, student ID numbers or other education records or more than a decade's worth of college and high school students in Colorado.
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A public university in Louisiana says a cyber attack in February did not compromise personal identifiable information, although a cybersecurity firm found 150 gigabytes of the university's data on the dark web in April.
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Since discovering a cyber attack on its network last month, a public university in Kentucky removed updates on the matter from its website but said it's keeping its network closed and working with vendors.
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Emphasizing the importance of cyber-range simulations and hands-on training, experts from Cyberbit said in a webinar on Thursday that such exercises are becoming part of university strategies to meet workforce demands.
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The Jacobson Institute at Grand View University announced a partnership with the technology training company SkillStorm to fit regional workers for available positions in growing industry. SkillStorm has similar programs at southern schools.
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A public community college in Washington received $1 million from the federal Community Project Fund to enhance its mechatronics and automotive programs and build an advanced manufacturing program.
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The University of Arizona's West EJ Center will put a $10 million federal grant toward rebates and tax credits to make energy-efficient appliances and solar panels affordable for community groups and other institutions.
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Georgia Tech and Southern Regional Technical College are among many partners on a $65 million grant to build a technical workforce training incubator and talent pipeline for autonomous and AI technologies.
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Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles fed GPT-3 a battery of tests, and it solved about 80 percent of given problems correctly, compared to just below 60 percent of the 40 undergrads who participated.
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The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has expanded access to a virtual learning platform for those in the state’s correctional facilities to improve the re-entry process and reduce recidivism.
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