Higher Education

The university will be the first in the country to house commercial-scale nuclear reactors. State and industry leaders noted the increasing demand for electricity amid the rise of AI and other energy-intensive technologies.

Through a contribution from AT&T, a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Mich., has received $50,000 to supply laptops to students who are facing financial barriers to higher education.

A new rubric from the nonprofit Opportunity Labs provides nine principles and a step-by-step system to evaluate the safety and potential usefulness of generative artificial intelligence-based tools for education.

The 2025 Chegg Global Student Survey shows AI usage is up, but trust is down. There's also broad interest in online classes, as 70 percent of students say they would prefer more online options if it meant lower tuition.

Through a partnership with CyberProAI, Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana will enhance its cybersecurity certification program with new technology, labs and a military-grade cyber range.

Collaboration between the state, the University of Vermont and private semiconductor businesses will include K-12 and adult education initiatives to promote local development of semiconductors made with gallium nitride.

Some students at the University of Texas at El Paso lost financial aid funds as a result of a targeted phishing email campaign. The university is offering an emergency fund to help those impacted.

A private university in Springfield, Mass., opened an extended reality lab in its library with headsets not just for study in the hard sciences, but also communications, marketing and psychology.

The pace of innovation in fields such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity has made it more imperative than ever for colleges and universities to tailor their programs to the needs of emerging tech industries.

A public university in Minnesota will launch a new computer science program with options for online courses and three specialties in design, web design and user experience, or 3D design and user experience.

A liberal arts college in Maine created Mule Chat, which gives users access to four major large language models. The college also trained student tutors to help students and faculty build AI skills.

Chippewa Valley Technical College expects the use of two new online textbooks, which are free to access and adaptable by instructors, to save students hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

A community college in Nebraska worked with the city of Lincoln and a local technology services company on a 65,000-square-foot facility with classrooms, specialized lab spaces, a data center and a cybersecurity center.

An early advocate for the potential of artificial intelligence, Louisiana State University business professor Andrew Schwarz says the state needs to invest heavily in both traditional and adult education.

A survey of 337 university administrators found most were optimistic about artificial intelligence, but also concerned about cheating and student readiness for work environments where AI skills will be important.

The New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education will bring international entrepreneurs to the New Jersey Institute of Technology and William Paterson University to assist with research, teaching and developing AI startups.

Higher education institutions are more prepared for cyber attacks if they prioritize data security, categorize their data, maintain robust backups, and implement access controls and life cycle management processes.

A collaboration between the nonprofit Complete College America, the ed-tech platform Riipen, and a handful of institutions in five states will use experiential learning to prepare students for an AI-ready workforce.