Education

After Florida banned phones in schools, governors and legislators in at least a half-dozen other states are pushing their own schools to follow suit — through persuasion or by law.

While new artificial intelligence technologies could be used for nefarious purposes such as creating more convincing phishing attacks, experts say the technology might also automate and strengthen IT security protocols.

President and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending says the for-profit online university will hurt the reputation of Idaho’s flagship university and bring legal and financial risk to the state.

Students are taking an all-digital version of the SAT this spring while universities are taking varying stances on its role in admissions: some don't accept SAT scores, for some it is optional, and other are reinstating requirements.

Four months after a similar ballot measure narrowly failed, Duluth School District is asking voters to approve $5.2 million in taxes annually over 10 years for technology, cybersecurity and learning.

The acquisition is part of Accenture's new program to provide workforce training to its clients in various in-demand technology fields relating to data science and artificial intelligence.

Pixevety's child privacy platform to help schools manage image galleries that contain students is compliant with strict European Union privacy laws that define personal data, accountability measures and security requirements.

Some universities have wholeheartedly embraced the technology, such as the University of Pennsylvania, which now offers an AI degree. Others like Penn State and Duquesne University leave it to the professors' discretion.

The Hawai'i State Department of Education has flagged the fire-alarm systems at 15 of the state's 264 schools as inoperable and needing replacement — a concern in the wake of last summer's wildfires on Maui.

Starting this fall, incoming students will have to take a class in digital literacy, defined as the ability to use technology to find information, evaluate sources, create content and communicate with others effectively.

From the SolarWinds hack to the more recent, serious disruptions of Microsoft and Change Healthcare, cyber attacks on industries that do business with universities create vulnerable points of entry for cyber criminals.

The Texas-based Raptor Technologies is teaming up with Alertus Technologies, which provides mass notification and emergency communication services, to connect wearable panic buttons to emergency notification systems.

A private research university in Houston, Texas, will participate in an initiative led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop safety protocols for AI and ways to identify AI-generated material.

At a recent roundtable discussion with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, school administrators said students appear to be more engaged, more social and mentally healthier since being separated from their smartphones during the day.

The president of a private liberal arts college in Maine is urging students not to use Blind Tiger, a social media app through which some anonymous users are heaping abuse and hateful messages on students.

While ChatGPT remains king in terms of GenAI tools used by college professors to create content and guide lessons, other tools are emerging for specific purposes such as transcription, coding and making presentations.

Competing at a national summit next month, the first five new companies recognized by Western Governors University Labs’ Accelerator Pitch Competition address critical challenges in education.

Following protests by students and faculty at the University of California - Irvine, Southern California Gas Co. has scaled back its plans to pipe a lower-carbon fuel blend that included hydrogen into campus facilities.