Higher Education

One of the projects is $40 million to renovate the Dearborn campus’ computer and information science building to update infrastructure, as well as building a small addition to aid the program, documents show.

The state has made the money available for the next five years for students pursuing degrees and certificates in science, technology, engineering and math, and education degrees.

A virtual tutoring program called Brainy Bulls connects grade school students in Western New York with vetted UB undergrads and graduate students to receive help in English, math, science or social studies on Zoom.

A private liberal arts college in Maryland may have to reimburse thousands of people up to $5,000 in “extraordinary losses" after it failed to notify victims of a cyber attack for almost 250 days.

A cyber attack on Texas Tech University's health sciences centers in September resulted in access to, or removal of, files containing private data such as names, birthdates, financial accounts and medical information.

The U.S. Department of Education says it made several improvements to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) after last year's version excluded students whose parents did not have a Social Security number.

In a 1936 address celebrating the 300th anniversary of higher education in America, Albert Einstein articulated a vision of education that's more achievable than ever through digital technology.

The average Internet user has about 190 online accounts and produces 850 gigabytes of data each year. A new Digital Legacy Clinic at the University of Colorado Boulder helps relatives recover them after a user dies.

North Carolina's first bachelor's degree in AI will allow students to enroll in one of two concentrations: Advanced AI Systems, through the College of Engineering, and Applied AI in the College of Science and Technology.

A new public community college in Illinois has a new facility with advanced training stations for welding, machining and electronics, plus a robotics lab, a computer lab and classrooms for lectures and presentations.

To turn the disruption of generative artificial intelligence into an opportunity, higher education leaders should focus on four important variables: policy, principles, strategy and collaboration.

Wichita State University's new Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine and Assistive Technology intends to accelerate the development of new assistive technologies and open clinical trials to rural residents.

Shippensburg, Kutztown and Pennsylvania Western universities are now using Niche, an online service where prospective students can upload their high school information and test scores in exchange for admissions offers.

As part of its Connected Learning initiative to help address the digital divide, AT&T donated laptops through the nonprofit Human-I-T to be distributed to pre-selected college students in need.

An annual competition gives students a chance to earn scholarship money, and industry professionals a chance to find workers and to highlight the national shortage of automotive technicians.

A private research university in Georgia agreed to pay damages to students and an instructor, as well as implement new data security measures, in order to resolve a lawsuit over a hack in February 2023.

From hornbooks to projectors, televisions, ARPANET and remote learning, history is full of technological innovations that changed education, and we have something to learn from them.

As part of its new Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Innovation Consortium, the university will offer a first-of-its-kind master’s program to prepare nurses for leadership roles in health care technology.