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Penn State Behrend Awarded $6.5M for High-Tech Manufacturing

Nov. 6, 2024 - A state grant will support the Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness, a research facility that will accommodate the nation’s first heavy-haul battery testing for the rail, marine and mining industries.

Penn State Behrend Awarded $6.5M for High-Tech Manufacturing

UC San Diego Launches Data-Sharing Resource for Wildfire Research

A new data-sharing platform at UC San Diego will bring the latest research and technology on wildfire ecology into one place, allowing researchers, government officials and other experts to collaborate on solutions.

UC San Diego Launches Data-Sharing Resource for Wildfire Research

Statistics and Biostatistics Degree Data | ASA

Number of Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral Degrees Awarded for Statistics and Biostatistics back to 1987

Statistics and Biostatistics Degree Data | ASA

UW-Madison | MadPrompts 2024 highlights generative AI during Wisconsin Science Festival

Nov. 7, 2024 - Following the success of MadPrompts 2023, the first generative artificial intelligence (AI) prompt battle on an American university campus, WARF and the UW-Madison DSI hosted MadPrompts 2024 on Oct. 18 in the Discovery Building’s H.F. DeLuca Forum.

UW-Madison | MadPrompts 2024 highlights generative AI during Wisconsin Science Festival

Texas State University Adds 18 New Online Programs

Oct. 1, 2024 - Texas State University partnered with the ed-tech company Risepoint to offer more bachelor's and master's degree programs in high-demand fields, part of a national trend of moving classes online to attract more students.

Texas State University Adds 18 New Online Programs

University of Akron braces for workforce cuts

Nov. 5, 2024 - The public Ohio institution’s president said that rising expenses and cuts in state appropriations have weighed on its budget.

University of Akron braces for workforce cuts

California State University pilots direct admissions program

Nov. 5, 2024 - The 461,000-student system will inform certain public high school students in Riverside County that they’ve been automatically accepted to 10 campuses.

California State University pilots direct admissions program

Central Connecticut State's 'AI Corridor' Features Holograms, Robots

CCSU is the first university in the U.S. to work with AI companies on developing a holographic synthetic human, and the first to integrate it alongside students and faculty.

Central Connecticut State's 'AI Corridor' Features Holograms, Robots

Midland College, Texas, Stays Flexible for Workforce Education

Nov. 5, 2024 - With a division dedicated to workforce education and continuing education, a public community college in Texas can tailor programs to the specific needs of local businesses, and adjust formats to the needs of students.

Midland College, Texas, Stays Flexible for Workforce Education

Diversity in Backgrounds, Careers a Major Theme in Survey of Master’s Graduates | Amstat News

AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias

UW researchers tested three open-source, large language models (LLMs) and found they favored resumes from white-associated names 85% of the time, and female-associated names 11% of the time. Over the 3 million job, race and gender combinations tested, Black men fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.

AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias

States are taking on fewer college costs. Who is picking up the bill?

The gap between what states and students pay toward higher ed shrunk from 2008 to 2022, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association found.

States are taking on fewer college costs. Who is picking up the bill?

Harris vows to nix ‘unnecessary degree requirements’ for federal jobs on Day 1

Both the vice president and former President Donald Trump have expressed support for alternatives to college.

Harris vows to nix ‘unnecessary degree requirements’ for federal jobs on Day 1

More than half of UConn academic programs at risk of being slashed

Roughly 240 undergraduate, doctoral, master’s and graduate certificate programs — more than half of UConn’s academic offerings — could be on the university’s chopping block after meeting the provost’s office criteria for a low enrollment program.

More than half of UConn academic programs at risk of being slashed

New College Board report shows tuition across most colleges is down

Public university tuition has dropped 40% over the last decade.

New College Board report shows tuition across most colleges is down

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Vanderbilt | Transforming Automotive Insights: The Nissan-Vanderbilt Collaboration

Oct. 24, 2024 - The Nissan-Vanderbilt Collaboration Innovation in Automotive Design Vanderbilt Data Science is excited to spotlight an innovative collaboration between Nissan and our dedicated Data Science students, focused on developing an AI chatbot that embodies diverse customer personas.

Vanderbilt | Transforming Automotive Insights: The Nissan-Vanderbilt Collaboration

Penn Engineering Launches Responsible Innovation Initiative - Penn Engineering Blog

Penn Engineering has launched a new initiative to promote the responsible development of new technologies like artificial intelligence.

Penn Engineering Launches Responsible Innovation Initiative - Penn Engineering Blog

NJIT | Research Team Innovates in Princeton FlyWire Codex Challenge

Oct. 30, 2024 - An NJIT computational research team, led by David Bader, made impressive strides at the Princeton FlyWire Codex Data Challenge.

NJIT | Research Team Innovates in Princeton FlyWire Codex Challenge

Howard U. Expects to Be Classified as R1, Making It the Only HBCU With Such Status

Jim Crow laws severely restricted HBCUs’ ability to build graduate programs, limiting the number of Black people with graduate degrees and the amount of research on Black communities.

Howard U. Expects to Be Classified as R1, Making It the Only HBCU With Such Status

Who's really in charge of our universities?

As state and federal funding shrinks and schools depend more heavily on private donations, colleges are navigating an erupting tension between upholding principles of academia and making their billionaire donors happy.

Who's really in charge of our universities?

UMass schools to offer free tuition for low-income students starting fall 2025

Amid competition from free community colleges, UMass schools will waive tuition and fees for in-state students from families earning $75,000 or less.

UMass schools to offer free tuition for low-income students starting fall 2025

State universities reallocate more than $2 million from DEI programs • Iowa Capital Dispatch

The Iowa Board of Regents will receive details of universities' efforts to comply with state law banning certain DEI offices.

State universities reallocate more than $2 million from DEI programs • Iowa Capital Dispatch

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | MIDAS Annual Data Science & AI Summit x ADSA Conference

The ‘24 Summit is partnered with the Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting to bring national leaders in data science and AI research and education to the Summit.

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | MIDAS Annual Data Science & AI Summit x ADSA Conference

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Ohio’s Central State University placed under fiscal watch

Although enrollment remains strong, the historically Black institution has struggled with rising costs and the end of federal pandemic relief funds.

Ohio’s Central State University placed under fiscal watch

Educause ’24: University of Michigan's Journey With Generative AI

The University of Michigan devoted considerable resources to proprietary generative AI tools. Next month it will launch a public-facing chatbot to connect prospective college students with funding opportunities.

Educause ’24: University of Michigan's Journey With Generative AI

The college affordability gap shrank during the pandemic, research suggests

National College Attainment Network research largely credits pandemic relief for the improvement, though that money has since dried up.

The college affordability gap shrank during the pandemic, research suggests