UTSA takes bold steps to add AI to academic landscape
SDS achieved significant milestones, including hosting the national Academic Data Science Alliance annual meeting in 2023.
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University of New Orleans turns to furloughs to plug $10M budget hole
Jan. 21, 2025 - Officials at the public institution blamed falling enrollment, rising costs and a culture of nonpayment among students for ongoing financial woes.
‘A death penalty’: Ph.D. student says U of M expelled him over unfair AI allegation
Jan. 17, 2025 - Haishan Yang, a doctoral student in health economics, filed a lawsuit in federal court last week accusing the University of Minnesota of violating his due process. He is the first Minnesota student to go public about being expelled over AI.
Wanted: More males on college campuses
Jan. 15, 2025 - Years of male enrollment declines at higher education institutions across the country is prompting schools, academics to action.
America is about to face the “enrollment cliff," and the economy could suffer
Jan. 8, 2025 - America is about to go over the ‘demographic cliff’
The Great Connector: Why Data Literacy is Vital to Students’ Future Success
Being literate allows you to live and navigate the world. Being literate in data lets you thrive in it.
2,000th Member Spotlight: Justin Ballenger Helps Bring AI Into the Classroom | Scholars Strategy Network
Justin Ballenger is on a mission to bring the benefits of AI to classrooms everywhere, especially those in underserved communities.
URochester | Goergen Institute’s adds AI to its name
Jan. 7, 2025 - The newly retitled Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence serves as an interdisciplinary hub of experts at Rochester.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi | Recipients of TAMID's 2024 Seed Program for AI, Computing, and Data Science
Jan. 6, 2025 - The Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) Seed Program received 39 proposals and awarded the top 10, totaling 22 funded researchers.
Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere
Women in these fields are almost at parity with men at the most selective schools, but the gender gap doubled at many of the least selective universities.
UWashington | Doing Better at Teaching Data for Good: The Data for Good in Education Workshop Series
An interdisciplinary group of data science educators from multiple institutions put together the Data for Good in Education Workshop Series, a collection of intensive day-long workshops that convene data science educators to surface and promote strategies to face the obstacle of grounding data science education in people-centered community-informed practice.
Columbia | DSI Undergrads Explore the Future of AI and Society at the the 2024 Columbia-Barnard Research Fair
Dec. 12, 2024 - Through 23 projects, undergraduates from Barnard and Columbia tackled real-world challenges with creative solutions that bring human and computer intelligence together.
UChicago DSI | Master’s in Applied Data Science Autumn 2024 Capstone Showcase
Dec. 17, 2024 - 37 capstone teams presented their projects, leading all phases of problem-solving with the support of faculty, staff, and industry experts.
Brown | Brenda Rubenstein Named New DSI Director
Dec. 11, 2024 - Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics has been named the Director of the Data Sciences Institute (DSI), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028.
UCSD | SCIDS Graduate Student Awarded Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship
Dec. 11, 2024 - Shibo Hao, a graduate student at the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences was awarded the Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship.
UCSD | HDSI Undergraduate Research Students Use Data Science to Address Housing and Food Insecurity
Dec. 26, 2024 - HDSI students in the Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program aim to address critical local challenges through data-driven research.
Teacher Education Clearinghouse for AI and Data Science
For the United States to continue to be a competitive global power in technology and innovation, we need a workforce that understands how to use, apply, and develop new innovations using AI and Data Science.
NSF Board - Talent is the Treasure (2024)
College closures could increase sharply in the face of the demographic cliff
Dec. 5, 2024 - A new model for predicting financial failures from the Philadelphia Fed aimed to produce the most accurate forecasting to date of at-risk colleges.
K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas
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.
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.