UMichigan-Ann Arbor | MIDAS 2024 Annual Highlights
MIDAS's efforts in 2024 focused on empowering researchers to adopt cutting-edge methods and fostering the responsible use of data and AI.
Higher Ed News
Portland State University hands pink slips to 17 faculty
Dec. 13, 2024 - Downsizing Portland State faculty and staff is a key part of the administration’s plan to close an $18 million budget deficit this year.
California nixes degree requirements for 30K state jobs
Dec. 17, 2024 - The move is part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s broader push to create better career pathways for residents, including those who don’t have college diplomas.
Columbia College Chicago to cut 11 programs, up to 25 faculty jobs
Dec. 18, 2024 - A finalized plan to pare down and consolidate the private nonprofit’s offerings is meant to “keep our college competitive,” its president said.
College operating costs rose 3.4% in fiscal 2024
Dec. 16, 2024 - Commonfund Institute’s latest Higher Education Price Index shows that cost spikes slowed — but that doesn’t make them any less painful.
Generative AI tools enhance faculty connection with students and boost productivity | W. P. Carey News
Launched in the spring and summer of 2023, the W. P. Carey School of Business' "Coffee, Tea, and ChatGPT" series fosters collaboration among faculty, staff, and guest speakers on the impact of generative AI in education.
State of the Field: Data Science and Data Literacy Education in K–12 (2024) | Data Science for Everyone
Data Science for Everyone is the national movement to modernize our K-12 curriculum and ensure every student becomes data literate.
University of New Orleans braces for more budget cuts: ‘We are still in a crisis’ • Louisiana Illuminator
Dec. 11, 2024 - Facing at least a $10m budget shortfall, University of New Orleans leadership is preparing to cut $2.2m in administrative salaries
State Board Approves $100M for U-M Supercomputing Lab
A $100 million grant for a University of Michigan supercomputing and artificial intelligence lab, set up in partnership with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, is expected to create 200 jobs over 10 years.
High school graduates to peak in 2025, with slightly deeper-than-expected declines ahead
Dec. 11, 2024 - The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s latest projections serve as a call for policymakers and colleges to boost attendance rates.
UPenn to Offer Master’s Program on AI in Education
A new graduate program launching in 2025 aims to help data scientists, educators and administrators make the most of AI in education settings, covering technical knowledge as well as ethical impacts and social contexts.
Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities Division to use UCLA-developed AI system
The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course is generated by the Kudu platform.
Fourth ASA Survey of Bachelor’s Graduates Tracks Rapidly Evolving Job Market | Amstat News
With the emergence of data science, machine learning, and AI, much has changed in the job market since the American Statistical Association’s first follow-up survey of bachelor’s graduates in 2017.
NJIT | YWCC Students Score in Top 20 at ICPC Regional Competition
Dec. 3, 2024 - The Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) Programming Club scored in the top 20 for two of their four teams among 83 competitors from some of the most prestigious institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Ida Sim: A healthcare pioneer transforming how data works for patients
Ida Sim has spent her career pioneering ways to make medical data more open and shareable. She helped pave the way for more accessible health data. Now, she wants CPH to train the next generation to harness artificial intelligence to develop more precise, personalized treatments. Through it all, she’s kept her role as a primary care doctor central to her work.
Columbia DSI | AI, FemTech, and the Future of Women’s Health: Key Insights from Leading Innovators
Dec. 3, 2024 - Experts at Columbia University explored how AI and FemTech are revolutionizing women’s health through inclusive research, funding, and collaboration.
University of Michigan will no longer solicit diversity statements from faculty
Dec. 5, 2024 - Before the policy shift, individual academic units could decide if they required such statements for hiring, promotion or tenure considerations.
NIH-Funded Climate and Health Center Launches at Columbia
Sep. 23, 2024 - The new center, Climate and Health: Action and Research for Transformational Change, is led by public health researchers.
Universities of Wisconsin to evaluate low-enrollment campus programs
Dec. 2, 2024 - The changes are based on recommendations from a $2.8 million system-wide third party financial review by Deloitte to assess finances on individual campuses.
National college completion rate ticks up to 61.1%
Dec. 4, 2024 - Those who started at two-year public colleges helped drive the overall increase in students completing a credential.
AI Faculty Cluster Hire | University at Albany
Minnesota State Grant program faces $211 million budget shortfall
Nov. 21, 2024 - Financial aid to college students across Minnesota could be reduced because of the shortfall in the state’s largest financial aid program.
Career education gets a boost with College Board pilot program
Dec. 2, 2024 - Known for its Advanced Placement courses and SAT exams, College Board is broadening its offerings to include AP-equivalent career courses.
University of Michigan underpaid its professors for years, lawsuit claims
Nov. 26, 2024 - The lawsuit is seeking potentially millions of dollars in backpay for more than 3,000 tenured faculty members.
Keystone College could lose accreditation after MSCHE vote
Nov. 27, 2024 - Middle States Commission on Higher Education found that the Pennsylvania institution failed to show it can sustain itself.
Texas Tech Discloses Cyber Attack on Health Sciences Centers
Nov. 27, 2024 - 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.
North Carolina Community Colleges Lead the Way with Cutting-Edge Programs: From Electric Vehicles to AI and Drone Operations - NCCCS
University System of Georgia to ban DEI, commit to neutrality, teach Constitution
Nov. 23, 2024 - The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has recommended a number of new and revised policies for its institutions, such as a commitment to institutional
Iowa Republicans form House higher education committee for ‘long overdue’ review
Nov. 25, 2024 - State Rep. Taylor Collins, who has staunchly opposed diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, will chair the panel.
Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances
Nov. 25, 2024 - The North Carolina institution is on probation with its accreditor as it tries to stabilize its operations.