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SUNY Oneonta’s Milne Library and Cooperstown Graduate Program were awarded a $50,000 grant to digitize the university’s archive of New York state folklife and oral history recordings. -
Laci Henegar, Rogers State University's STEM coordinator, graduated in December with the university's first master's degree in cybersecurity policy, governance and training.
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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.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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The editorial board of The Columbian makes the case for school districts following guidance from state officials and implementing restrictions on student use of cellphones in class.
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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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A new AI-powered tool from the ed-tech company Edia tracks student attendance and family contact information, sending parents a personalized text within minutes of an unexpected absence.
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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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The six winners of Harvard's fifth annual Zaentz Early Education Innovation Challenge offered ideas to grow child-care businesses, support early childhood educators, simplify applications for food assistance and more.
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Chandler Unified School District is working with the University of Arizona to develop an honors course on semiconductors that will delve into electrical circuits, calculating expected values and hands-on measurements.
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Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts centered conversations about AI around data privacy early on and got technology staff, administration and educators involved in professional development sessions.
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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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In the face of increasingly frequent threats from students, administrators at Conroe Independent School District in Texas are considering whether expensive metal detectors would be a useful or sustainable response.
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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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A survey of 1,135 educators by the EdWeek Research Center this fall found almost 58 percent of them still had no training, two years after the release of ChatGPT. Some feel it puts them at a disadvantage.
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