Education

Renovations to the University of Texas Permian Basin's library will include an eSports arena with large TVs and 12 high-performance gaming work stations, plus offices and an event space with a stage and seating for 100.

University of Washington professor Yejin Choi will use a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to develop artificial intelligence systems that can detect sentiment or deceptive intent in writing.

Increased federal investments in domestic production of semiconductors is challenging universities to train a new workforce, which they aim to do with new facilities, state initiatives and industry partnerships.

Austin Independent School District is moving forward with an initiative to transition entirely to electric school buses, with plans to have three on the roads next year and half of its fleet electric by 2027.

A shared program between Burrell, Derry Area, Hempfield Area and Kiski Area school districts uses Google for Education and seven teachers to lead remote classes for 53 students learning from home.

The Virginia community college last weekend announced plans to convert two buildings into a learning space to accommodate students in cybersecurity, nursing, IT, general education and dual enrollment programs.

The California college shut down its network earlier this month after detecting suspicious activity on a Sunday morning. Administrators are working with a third party to determine whether information was compromised.

A five-year grant issued by the Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs will help Benetech fund its DREAM Center program, making digital materials accessible to students with disabilities.

Polling area colleges and universities, the Philadelphia Inquirer found that 13 counted overall enrollment being down from last fall, six cited an increase, seven said they were roughly the same, and six did not answer.

An Indiana school district awarded a $256,000 contract to Joink for high-definition cameras with cloud storage, enabling the district to better store and retrieve data and for longer periods of time.

Experts say uncertainties over stolen data will persist well into the future, not only for the district but for those employees and student families whose personal information was published on the dark web.

Amid plummeting enrollment in community colleges, most students say they want online options. Administrators doubt the pre-2020 status quo will ever return, but concerns remain about the quality of the online experience.

Guidance from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is that paying ransomware demands is a mistake that doesn’t guarantee resolution, but districts in a bind have many variables to consider.

Preparing to speak Tuesday at the annual Harold Hotelling Memorial Lecture at Lawrence Tech, Michigan State University professor Keith Hampton says broadband connectivity across the U.S. is dramatically under-recorded.

A program shared between six community colleges and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania will focus on mentorship, certificate training, K-12 outreach, summer activities, course material and professional development.

The university has announced three initiatives — a cybersecurity scholarship program, a series of related events and resources, and a grant program for Atlanta-area nonprofits — aimed at building an IT workforce.

An Illinois school district is weighing a proposal from the not-for-profit Future Green Energy Consortium, which has more bargaining power than any individual school, to install solar panels on rooftops and campuses.

The public community college in California shut down its servers Sunday morning after detecting suspicious activity on its network, which it continues to investigate while slowly bringing the network back online.