Higher Education

Montana University System’s partnership with Instructure will reach all 11 higher education institutions by fall 2025, covering 147,000 square miles and 40,000 students.

The City University of New York (CUNY) is using $75 million from the Simons Foundation to hire new faculty for courses in advanced computer science, and to support AI research efforts with other institutions in New York.

Emporia State University's Cybersecurity Research and Outreach Center will include a new lab environment that's disconnected from the on-campus Internet to allow for penetration testing and other exercises.

To meet the challenges of pandemic learning loss and a growing skills gap that could cost the U.S. economy trillions, institutions will need technological solutions grounded in robust research and empirical evidence.

The public community college is building a new $46.9 million facility, forging private partnerships, adding new courses and developing internship programs to support growth in the field and industry of biotechnology.

A group of 35 government, higher ed and nonprofit institutions and employers will host workshops and other efforts aimed at diversifying STEM fields and making the tech industry more representative for women of color.

The Illinois Community College Board has granted $9.4 million to institutions across the state to build up their programs for training students in EV technology and advanced manufacturing fields.

A growing program at Illinois State University that combines fine arts and technology will expand to be its own school, with offerings in audio and music production, game design, VR and interdisciplinary studies.

Connecticut's AI Task Force shared a report from the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering that said universities will likely need a centralized, high-powered computer center with financial support from the state.

The Pennsylvania Apprenticeship and Training Council called the community college's new "earn-while-you-learn" IT training program a model for apprenticeship programs throughout the state.

Fifteen new ed-tech companies were selected among thousands of applicants. They will receive grants, training and networking opportunities to fast-track their startups.

The new consortium will launch a state-of-the-art AI computing center in upstate New York to be used by the state's leading institutions to promote responsible research and development, create AI jobs and more.

The university has put a new Digital Accessibility Policy in place to make digital resources more accessible to students with visual, auditory, cognitive and motor-control disabilities.

The Center for Equitable Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Systems (CEAMLS) launched in 2022 to address problems that underlie existing AI systems, and create new technologies that avoid introducing bias.

With new access to endpoint security and anti-malware tools from the cybersecurity company Sophos, Boise State's Cyberdome program is offering enterprise-level cybersecurity services led by students to rural agencies with limited resources.

State Sen. Reginald Thomas sponsored a bill that would assign the Kentucky Department of Education to set guidelines for AI use in schools, monitor its impact, and train teachers, administrators and school board members.

Engineering students in Boston built a small, remote-controlled, robotic vessel with an underwater camera that can identify the invasive weed hydrilla, plot its location and relay coordinates to state scientists.

A public community college in Alabama is spending $30 million to double the size of its Advanced Technology Center to support aerospace, welding and manual machining programs.