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After transitioning from Fairfield University’s leader of enterprise systems to director of IT strategy and enterprise architecture for the state of Connecticut, Armstrong will return to higher-ed leadership in January. -
To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class.
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A new online course aims to train instructors on how to incorporate a growth mindset into existing teaching practices, as it can positively impact student experience and outcomes.
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The federal government doled out grant money through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund over three rounds, and much of it went toward keeping students enrolled via distance learning.
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The U.S. Department of Energy is investing a combined $72 million in five new industrial technology centers and various other programs to train new workers for advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries.
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Adjunct professor Russell Crispell at Niagara County Community College in New York uses VR headsets and 360-degree YouTube videos to immerse students in different scenarios requiring first aid training.
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Higher education leaders and students predict the State Board of Higher Education's ban, scheduled to take effect July 1, will have a negligible impact on students and university operations.
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OU energy faculty met with tribal leaders, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff recently to discuss the potential of geothermal energy production as a component of energy sovereignty.
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Michigan launched the EV Scholars program, a $10,000 scholarship for students who accept job offers as electric engineers or software developers at 15 companies partnering with the state, to staff growing industries.
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While other universities have suffered steep enrollment declines since COVID-19, the University of North Texas has experienced continual enrollment growth through the help of data analytics and a platform from SAS.
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Public details are scant, but the university has offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to about 10,500 people whose personal information may have been compromised.
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Colleges and universities are convening working groups, rewriting academic integrity policies and preparing to use plagiarism checkers while professors think of ways to integrate generative AI into their curricula.
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Arizona State University is planning a $200 million investment to make its Polytechnic campus in southeast Mesa an epicenter for advanced manufacturing students interested in electric vehicles and batteries.
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A private university in Pennsylvania will host gaming experts and members of the public next week as it prepares construction of a gaming center this spring and the launch of its competitive esports program this fall.
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The venture capital firm Deep Science Ventures has launched a doctorate program with online and in-person components that challenge students to study real-world problems and form their own tech startups to address them.
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Micron Technology expects to need 1,000 technicians and 1,000 engineers to operate each of four planned chip-fab facilities in Clay, New York, and area colleges are gearing their courses to help fill those positions.
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The Florida Board of Governors issued an emergency rule last week prohibiting TikTok, WeChat, Vkontakte, Kaspersky and Tencent QQ over security concerns about the collection of faceprints, voiceprints and personal data.
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While it's too soon to say what the lasting impact of ChatGPT will be, many educators see its transformative potential as an inevitability, something to be embraced and experimented with rather than fought.
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After suffering a cyber attack around Aug. 30, 2022, a private Catholic university in Texas concluded its investigation March 3 and began notifying victims March 31 that their Social Security numbers were compromised.
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A recent report from the tech research firm Info-Tech Research Group recommends that higher ed institutions make privacy the default throughout the life cycle of any data they collect, and be transparent about its use.
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A private liberal arts college in Oregon has regained most of its IT systems since a ransomware attack on March 3, but it's still working with experts to determine whether sensitive personal information was compromised.
