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.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.”
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.
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
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
New risk management minor approved | School of Data Science and Society at UNC Chapel Hill
Oct. 7, 2024 - The College Administrative Board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved a new minor in risk management, developed by the Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, in partnership with the School of Data Science and Society.
Anhong Guo receives Google funding for live visual description platform for blind people
Anhong Guo, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, has received a $75,000 grant from the Google Academic Research Awards program for his project titled “WorldScribe: Context-Aware Live Visual Descriptions for Blind People.”