Higher Education

A public community college in Pennsylvania this month will offer a selection of 12- and 14-week, in-person courses on topics such as hardware and operating systems, networking concepts, security and troubleshooting.

Attorneys for a former student and former employee alleged in federal court that the university violated the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act by not doing more to prevent a data breach.

A San Francisco company's new online note-taking program uses artificial intelligence to help students capture key moments in lectures across subjects and concentrate on listening instead of transcribing.

Responding to pressure from disability advocates, the company’s digital study guides and on-demand tutoring services will soon have closed captioning, interpreting services, transcripts and other accommodations.

A 45,000-square-foot renovation at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is laying the groundwork for an interdisciplinary facility to be called the Center for Cybersecurity Research, Education & Advanced Training.

The National Security Agency has given the National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) designation to the cybersecurity program of a private Christian university in South Carolina.

Most systems at the university were back online Wednesday after a targeted attack Sunday had prompted officials to disconnect the university's server. Details on the attack are scant as it's still under investigation.

Ambow Education's HybriU offers to help institutions convert traditional classrooms and laboratories into hybrid online-offline learning spaces, and it uses artificial intelligence to translate and create content.

The university was still without Internet on Tuesday but gradually bringing services back online after disconnecting Sunday due to suspicious activity, which a university regent has confirmed was a targeted attack.

Google is offering certification courses in fields such as data analytics, cybersecurity and project management through a private-public partnership with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

A public-private coalition called Innovate Illinois has enlisted several universities in pursuit of federal funding to designate its quantum science and biomanufacturing centers as EDA Tech Hubs.

The day before the start of fall classes, the university separated its network from the Internet due to a "significant security concern." Staff expect it may take a few days before all systems are back online.

With generative AI models such as DeepMind's AlphaCode having roughly the same coding abilities as a novice programmer with a year of training, students wonder if fast-track coding programs are still worth it.

E-bikes and other small electric vehicles are no longer allowed on residential property at Yale University, as administrators deemed that storing or charging them in populated areas poses a severe fire and safety hazard.

A new college at the University at Albany, combining the university's engineering colleges of nanoscale science and applied sciences, will prepare students for jobs in next-generation chip design.

The state is looking to expose more Pre-K-12 and college students to career paths in STEM fields as the country looks to increase domestic microchip production — a key goal of the CHIPS Act.

Many educators and college faculty are OK with students consulting ChatGPT for help on admissions essays, but chatbots can't be a replacement for a student's own voice, subjective experience and thoughts.

Rather than simply adding language about ChatGPT to her syllabus, a media-history professor at Cal State Northridge is teaching students about AI chatbots by incorporating them directly into interactive lessons.