Higher Education

The economic uncertainty surrounding tariff policies and the potential of a global trade war could have ripple effects throughout higher education, including strained budgets, less tech investment and lost research.

Some researchers say the federal government's proposal will drastically impede cutting-edge work in fields that are critical to the nation's future, such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and power grids.

Calhoun Community College's STEAM Imagination Center will open this summer with courses in creative engineering, architectural drafting, innovative welding, animation, web design and 3D modeling.

In partnership with the cybersecurity firm TekStream, a new student-run security operations center expands on LSU’s existing model, training students in cybersecurity while delivering 24/7 protection for industry partners.

Graduate students facing potential academic sanctions because AI detection software flagged their work are petitioning the University at Buffalo to stop using Turnitin and improve the appeals process.

The university will offer a degree in artificial intelligence starting this fall, as well as a seminar June 10 on the legal implications of AI on business as part of an ongoing series at the UC Downtown Innovation Hub.

The offer is eligible to students who are 25 to 55 years old and enrolled in advanced manufacturing, AI, cybersecurity, engineering, green and renewable energy, nursing, teaching or technology programs.

More than 66,000 students at the university's Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses will get access to courses in foundational AI skills and certificates in fields such as cybersecurity, data analytics and digital marketing.

While educators value familiar tools like learning management systems and video conferencing, they need more support with artificial intelligence and making sure digital materials are accessible to everyone.

To fight enrollment fraud, the state chancellor of California Community Colleges has proposed to raise security around the state's online application portal and begin charging students a fee "in the tens of dollars."

Dozens of students from Greater Johnstown and Somerset Area high schools took part in a seminar on the ethics and applications of artificial intelligence, also discussing the need for education in the humanities.

Increasingly skeptical of higher education, students today need digital experiences and services, flexibility, personalization and data security. Some of this is a software problem that modern tools can improve.

A new one-acre solar farm at the university's Research and Technology Park, supported by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and minimize risk from storms.

A webinar this week featuring panelists from the education, private and nonprofit sectors attested to how institutions are applying generative artificial intelligence to advising, admissions, research and IT.

As key players in local workforce training, community colleges are well placed to lead the adoption of artificial intelligence tools and ensure students are prepared for the business world of tomorrow.

A San Francisco company whose General Coding Assessment is widely used by major technology companies ranked Carnegie Mellon No. 1 this year and last year, while the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was No. 2.

The university launched a new center this month aimed at collecting data and developing intentional, research-supported educational tools based on how students and educators are using AI in classrooms.

The first four-year degree offered by the Washington college will focus on project- and work-based learning and branch out from traditional coding into topics like cybersecurity, data science and app development.