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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.

#University of Washington #data science #ethics #LLM #GAI #bias #DEI #dssg

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.

#higher ed #funding #undergrad

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.

#microcredentials #higher ed #career #training #policy

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.

#UConn #undergrad #graduate #budget #higher ed

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.

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New College Board report shows tuition across most colleges is down

Machine Learning | University of Virginia (2021)

#university of virginia #ADSA member #machine learning #resource

Machine Learning | University of Virginia (2021)

Introduction to R Programming | University of Virginia (2021)

#university of virginia #ADSA member #resource #Rstats #data science

Introduction to R Programming | University of Virginia (2021)

Python Basics | University of Virginia (2021)

#Python #data science #university of virginia #ADSA member #resource

Python Basics | University of Virginia (2021)

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.

#collaboration #data science #AI #Vanderbilt #ADSA member

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.

#AI #UPenn

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 #data science #Princeton #research #ADSA member

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 #HBCU #higher ed

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.

#higher ed #budget

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 Amherst #UMass Dartmouth #higher ed #community college #undergrad

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.

#Iowa State University #DEI #higher ed

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.

#ADSA #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #ADSA member

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

How publicly traded higher education companies are performing

Enrollment ticked up at Adtalem's colleges, while MOOC provider Udemy reported growth in its enterprise segment.

#mooc #higher ed

How publicly traded higher education companies are performing

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 Central State University #HBCU #funding

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.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #EdTech #AI #GAI #Educause

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.

#higher ed #undergrad

The college affordability gap shrank during the pandemic, research suggests

Clustered & Connected Program | UTSA

#UT San Antonio #higher ed

Clustered & Connected Program | UTSA

NSF advances 71 teams spanning nearly every U.S. state and territory in the second Regional Innovation Engines competition | NSF - National Science Foundation

#NSF #data science #funding #research

NSF advances 71 teams spanning nearly every U.S. state and territory in the second Regional Innovation Engines competition | NSF - National Science Foundation

University funding challenges in Australia

The ANU published details on its website saying it needed to make savings because the “University’s projected 2024 deficit of $60 million is now in excess of $200 million.”

#budget #higher ed #Australia

University funding challenges in Australia

UTSA | SDS's Los Datos Conference 2024 Poster Session Winners Announced

Oct. 22, 2024 - The Los Datos Conference 2024 hosted a dynamic poster session where students showcased their innovative research across various fields of data science, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.

#ADSA member #UT San Antonio #data science

UTSA | SDS's Los Datos Conference 2024 Poster Session Winners Announced

Dual enrollment has exploded. But it's hard to tell if it's helping more kids get a college degree

A new national analysis tracked 400,000 high schoolers

#community college #data #higher ed #undergrad

Dual enrollment has exploded. But it's hard to tell if it's helping more kids get a college degree

Texas State University Adds 18 New Online Programs

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 #higher ed #undergrad

Texas State University Adds 18 New Online Programs

How a boom in East Texas high schoolers taking college classes is transforming Kilgore College

High school students that are getting a jump on college through dual credit now make up the majority of students at one East Texas community college.

#Kilgore College #Texas #higher ed #East Texas Community College

How a boom in East Texas high schoolers taking college classes is transforming Kilgore College

UCSD | Newest School Merges Data Science and AI Innovation

Oct. 22, 2024 - This summer, the UC Regents voted to approve a new school at UC San Diego to address the growing importance of these disciplines.

#UC San Diego #data science #higher ed #ADSA member #AI

UCSD | Newest School Merges Data Science and AI Innovation

Initiative to support interaction between cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence

As artificial intelligence technology rapidly advances, a group of Princeton researchers is asking what human minds can teach us about developing smarter AI and what AI can in turn teach us about how human minds work.

#Princeton #AI #research

Initiative to support interaction between cognitive sciences and artificial intelligence

New Sloan grant gives STRUDEL resources to improve tools and expand community

Oct. 14, 2024 - The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a $1.125 million grant that will facilitate the growth of the STRUDEL project, allowing new collaborations between researchers at the UC Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and partners at Superbloom, The Carpentries, and 2i2c.

#data science #ADSA member #UC Berkeley #Sloan #partnership #open science #RSE

New Sloan grant gives STRUDEL resources to improve tools and expand community