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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.

UPenn to Offer Master’s Program on AI in Education

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.

Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities Division to use UCLA-developed AI system

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.

Fourth ASA Survey of Bachelor’s Graduates Tracks Rapidly Evolving Job Market | Amstat News

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.

NJIT | YWCC Students Score in Top 20 at ICPC Regional Competition

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.

Ida Sim: A healthcare pioneer transforming how data works for patients

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.

Columbia DSI | AI, FemTech, and the Future of Women’s Health: Key Insights from Leading Innovators

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.

University of Michigan will no longer solicit diversity statements from faculty

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.

NIH-Funded Climate and Health Center Launches at Columbia

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.

Universities of Wisconsin to evaluate low-enrollment campus programs

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.

National college completion rate ticks up to 61.1%

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.

Minnesota State Grant program faces $211 million budget shortfall

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.

Career education gets a boost with College Board pilot program

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.

University of Michigan underpaid its professors for years, lawsuit claims

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.

Keystone College could lose accreditation after MSCHE vote

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.

Texas Tech Discloses Cyber Attack on Health Sciences Centers

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

University System of Georgia to ban DEI, commit to neutrality, teach Constitution

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.

Iowa Republicans form House higher education committee for ‘long overdue’ review

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.

Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances

A tuition freeze without more state aid could leave Texas universitie…

Nov. 22, 2024 - Regional colleges rely more on tuition revenue to operate than flagship campuses. Gov. Greg Abbott’s desire to pause increases could create tight financial conditions.

A tuition freeze without more state aid could leave Texas universitie…

Cal Maritime and Cal Poly set to merge

Nov. 22, 2024 - A new report from California State University leaders said the nautical college faces a "dire, binary choice": Partner with another university, or close.

Cal Maritime and Cal Poly set to merge

Conservative professors and students are suing California's community colleges, and winning

Nov. 21, 2024 - As the state’s community colleges adopt diversity, equity and inclusion policies, conservatives sue, claiming they have gone too far.

Conservative professors and students are suing California's community colleges, and winning

UMass Amherst CDS | Data Core to Develop a Generative AI Playground for Amherst Community

Data Core is leading an exciting initiative to make generative AI accessible across the UMass Amherst campus.

UMass Amherst CDS | Data Core to Develop a Generative AI Playground for Amherst Community

BROWN | CS and CNTR PhD Student Rui-Jie Yew and Collaborators Receive a 2024 AAAI/ACM AIES Paper Award

Nov. 18, 2024 - Second year PhD student Rui-Jie Yew was recently recognized as runner-up for Best Student Paper at the Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES) Conference in San Jose at the end of October.

BROWN | CS and CNTR PhD Student Rui-Jie Yew and Collaborators Receive a 2024 AAAI/ACM AIES Paper Award

Announcing Four Faculty Special Projects Fund Awards

Oct. 24, 2024 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative has recently granted four new Faculty Special Projects Fund awards to Harvard University faculty.

Announcing Four Faculty Special Projects Fund Awards

UNC Chapel Hill | Data science seed fund spurs innovation, collaboration across campus, continents

Nov. 11, 2024 - This fall, researchers, philosophers, lawyers and students from 21 institutions around the world convened at UNC Chapel Hill for a conference to discuss how to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to address critical issues in society.

UNC Chapel Hill | Data science seed fund spurs innovation, collaboration across campus, continents

Does College Pay Off? A Comprehensive Return On Investment Analysis - FREOPP

May 8, 2024 - While prospective students often ask themselves if college is worth it, this report shows the more important question is when college is worth it.

Does College Pay Off? A Comprehensive Return On Investment Analysis - FREOPP

A National Talent Surge for Teaching in the AI Era

Nov. 20, 2024 - The new Administration should announce a national talent surge to identify, scale, and recruit into innovative teacher preparation models, expand teacher leadership opportunities, and boost the profession's prestige.

A National Talent Surge for Teaching in the AI Era

Admissions to Humanities and Social Science PhD Programs Suspended at Boston University

Nov. 19, 2024 - Boston University has not officially announced the change nor has it fully explained the implications on applicants and existing programs.

Admissions to Humanities and Social Science PhD Programs Suspended at Boston University