The Future Of Learning: How AI Is Revolutionizing Education - Khushi Bhanushali, Youth Incorporated

We have heard about AI in fashion, Gaming, Chatting, Robotics, Agriculture, and Finance but did you know AI has already entered into education world with a rapidly evolving technological landscape, the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and education is not just a future possibility; it is imminent. Imagine a classroom where each student has a personal tutor—an AI-driven guide that knows their strengths, weaknesses, and learning pace. This tutor adapts lessons in real-time, provides instant feedback, and even offers engaging challenges tailored to individual curiosity, receives personalized, builds stronger connections with teachers for enhanced guidance and receives apt recognition and evaluation of their achievements.  

https://youthincmag.com/the-future-of-learning-how-ai-is-revolutionizing-education

Does AI Have a Place in Higher Education? Academics Say Yes, with a But - Patrick Harbin, Kennesaw State

 Now that artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft’s Copilot allow students to create essays, complex calculations, and discussion posts in seconds, how can colleges and universities guarantee students are learning rather than simply learning to use AI? According to Kai Larsen, a renowned AI researcher and the keynote speaker at Kennesaw State University’s recent “AI in Higher Education” symposium, educators shouldn’t be afraid of AI. Instead, faculty should teach students to use the tools confidently while continuing to measure their ability to perform the same tasks on their own.

https://www.kennesaw.edu/coles/news/stories/2027-09-30-does-ai-have-a-place-in-higher-education-academics-say-yes-wit-a-but.php

Host a competition to foster creativity and innovation at your institution - Times Higher Education

Higher education institutions must constantly seek ways to enhance creativity and encourage innovation. To meet these aims, at Monterrey Institute of Technology, we launched a competition called the Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge encourages staff to propose groundbreaking projects that address institutional needs. It uses design thinking methodology, which fosters collaboration and creativity by involving multidisciplinary work teams in all phases of the process and encourages continuous learning due to its iterative process. We gamify the initiative to boost participants’ motivation, turning staff into agents of change.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/host-competition-foster-creativity-and-innovation-your-institution

The next wave of college cuts is already here - Ben Unglesbee, Inside Higher Ed

Higher education’s season of retrenchment has continued into the fall semester, with public and private institutions around the country shedding programs and employees as they grapple with heavy competition for students, soaring costs and revenue constraints.  The cuts often follow other, less drastic measures to plug budget gaps, such as leaving positions unfilled and reducing nonpersonnel budgets.  In many cases, administrators are looking to trim programs they say are underenrolled and losing money, and instead focus where they see the most student interest. 

https://www.highereddive.com/news/next-wave-college-cuts-layoffs-columbia-wittenburg-university/728329/

School of Public Health Faculty Member Explores Using AI to Enhance Biostatistics Learning - Sam Fahmy, Georgia State University

Using a mini-grant from Georgia State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Online Education, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Karen Nielsen is developing course materials that seek to prepare students to ethically and effectively use generative artificial intelligence in a range of quantitative subjects. “I have not spoken to a single instructor who has not grappled with generative AI in their teaching,” said Nielsen, of Georgia State's School of Public Health. “Maintaining academic honesty when using generative AI will be one aspect of this project, but I also want students to be able to leverage generative AI for self-guided learning.”

https://news.gsu.edu/2024/09/30/sph-faculty-member-explores-using-ai-to-enhance-biostatistics-learning/

120 IQ AI: Threat or Opportunity? - Peter H. Diamandis, Diamandis.com

Most people you meet are probably average, and a few are extraordinarily smart. Just 2.2 percent have an IQ of 130 or greater. "The classic finding — I would say it is the most replicated finding in psychology — is that people who are good at one type of mental task tend to be good at them all," says Stuart Ritchie, an intelligence researcher at the University of Edinburgh. This is why OpenAI's model o1 achieving an IQ score of 120 is so significant. It's not just outperforming the average human—it's surpassing 91% of the population in a test designed to measure general intelligence.

https://www.diamandis.com/blog/120-iq-ai-threat-or-opportunity

Quantum sensing’s untapped potential: Insights for leaders - Henning Soller and Niko Mohr, McKinsey Digital

Quantum sensing, which allows sensors to collect data at the atomic level, is a tested technology. It has broad applications in commercial products (such as medical devices), in services (such as navigation), and as an enabler of internal processes (such as quality control)—and the technology is already usable. It enables many types of measurements that are currently too difficult to achieve, not precise enough, or simply unfeasible otherwise. Depending on the underlying technology, the size, weight, and power of the sensors enable a variety of use cases in different industries, making further deployment of quantum-computing sensors outside the lab possible.

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/quantum-sensings-untapped-potential-insights-for-leaders

The 50 colleges and universities making an outsize impact on business and society - Brendan Vaughan, Fast Company

Welcome to the first-ever edition of Ignition Schools, a collaboration between Fast Company and our sibling publication, Inc. The Ignition Schools list honors the top academic institutions that play an enormous role in shaping the businesses that influence society. Innovation and entrepreneurship—the editorial lodestars for Fast Company and Inc., respectively—are also the focus of Ignition Schools. The 50 colleges and universities we’re honoring in our inaugural list don’t just produce elite students and groundbreaking research; they also are economic engines that generate the ideas, businesses, and opportunities that move cities, regions, and countries toward a better future. 

https://www.fastcompany.com/91186441/ignition-schools-innovative-colleges-universities-2024

ASU details impact of state cuts to higher ed funding - Arizona State University

Arizona State University will add a tuition surcharge for on-campus students in spring 2025 and the Arizona Teachers Academy faces an uncertain future, the result of recent budget cuts passed by the state Legislature and signed by the governor. More than 2,600 Arizona resident students also could be impacted by the expected decrease in ASU’s allocation for the Arizona Promise Scholarship Program, and the university will stop operations and close its Lake Havasu center in the summer of 2025. “These necessary actions reflect the continuing lack of public investment from state government for higher education in Arizona,’’ ASU President Michael M. Crow said

https://news.asu.edu/20240923-university-news-asu-impacts-state-cuts-higher-education-funding

The transformative power of AI in higher education - Ali al Bimani, Muscat Daily

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping various sectors, and education is no exception. As we enter a new era of teaching, learning, and research, AI’s transformative potential will profoundly impact higher education institutions. One of AI’s most promising applications in education is personalised learning. Adaptive learning systems utilise AI algorithms to analyse student performance in real time, adjusting course content accordingly. These systems identify knowledge gaps, suggest resources, and predict future performance, creating unique and responsive learning paths for each student.

https://www.muscatdaily.com/2024/09/21/the-transformative-power-of-ai-in-higher-education/

Introducing the OpenAI Academy

New initiative will fuel innovation by investing in developers and organizations leveraging AI, starting in low- and middle-income countries. OpenAI is launching the OpenAI Academy, which will invest in developers and organizations leveraging AI to help solve hard problems and catalyze economic growth in their communities. The Academy will ensure that the transformative potential of artificial intelligence is accessible and beneficial to diverse communities worldwide, starting in low- and middle-income countries. Developers and mission-driven organizations tackle critical challenges in their communities, driving economic opportunity. Having access to cutting-edge technology like AI can help enhance efforts to drive sustainable development.

https://openai.com/global-affairs/openai-academy/

Leading from the inside out: Why CEOs must make time for self-reflection - McKinsey

You and your coauthors just released a new book, The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Can Learn to Lead from the Inside Out. Put simply, what is inside-out leadership? Ramesh Srinivasan: The world is changing rapidly. The geopolitics have become quite complex, technology is having a huge impact, and climate change is here to stay. In this context, we felt the world needed a new paradigm of leadership. We call it human-centric leadership. Our belief is that leaders need to reflect on their purpose, who they are, how they show up in the world, and how they can inspire their teams and the institutions they’re leading.

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/leading-from-the-inside-out-why-ceos-must-make-time-for-self-reflection

AI Tools Are Displacing Web Searches for The Information Readers - the Information

More than three-quarters of The Information readers say they have used artificial intelligence tools in place of traditional search engines such as Google, and nearly the same proportion say they use chatbots to help them at work. Readers also are more optimistic about the technology sector after a summer dip, according to The Information’s September survey. Respondents who said they expect conditions for the technology sector to improve over the next six months outnumbered those who think conditions will worsen by more than 5 to 1. In all, 1,088 readers responded to the survey from Sept. 12 until Tuesday.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-tools-are-displacing-web-searches-for-the-information-readers

How Rising Higher Ed Costs Change Student Attitudes About College - Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge

 “We have a few people that are going to trade school, we have a few people that are going to the military, a few people who wrote ‘still deciding,’” said Lisa Beckham, a staffer for the counseling center, as she helped hand out markers in May as the school year was winding down. Others, she said, are heading straight to a job. “I’m thinking about going to college in California, and my grandparents all went there for a hundred dollars a semester and went into pretty low-paying jobs, but didn't spend years in debt because it was easy to go to college,” said Maya Shapiro, a junior who was there watching the seniors write up their plans. “So now I think it is only worth going to college if you're going to get a job that's going to pay for your college tuition eventually, so if you’re going to a job in English or history you might not find a job that’s going to pay that off.”

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-09-17-how-rising-higher-ed-costs-change-student-attitudes-about-college

New AAC&U Institute to Explore Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Teaching and Learning - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) a new Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum designed to "help departments, programs, colleges, and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses and curricula." Nearly 800 individuals from 123 higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the fully online learning opportunity, which kicked off on Sept. 12 and will run through April 2025. Through monthly meetings and webinars, participants will interact with peers, engage in cross-team planning, and discuss the current state of AI in higher education as they develop and implement AI action plans for their classrooms, curricula, and campuses, the AAC&U explained in a news announcement. 

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2024/09/17/new-aacu-institute-to-explore-challenges-and-opportunities-of-ai.aspx

States Where Student Loan Delinquency Is Increasing the Most - Adam McCann, WalletHub

Over the past year, student loan payments have come due with a vengeance (or at least with interest), as students have no longer been able to benefit from the multi-year payment moratorium started during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people have struggled to keep up, and being delinquent on student loans has damaged their credit scores and led to other negative consequences like the garnishment of their wages. To determine where student loan delinquency is increasing the most, and thus where people have the greatest risk of credit score damage and other financial difficulties, WalletHub analyzed proprietary user data from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-where-student-loan-delinquency-is-increasing-most/140720

How You Become Irreplaceable In The Age Of AI - Forbes

"The more different our capabilities are from the capabilities of AI, the more we can create value with AI, the more we can create synergies," Bornet explained. By developing these uniquely human traits, we create a complementarity with AI that allows us to generate more value than either humans or AI could alone. Being Change-Ready is about developing the resilience and adaptability to thrive in a world evolving at an exponential pace. As Bornet pointed out, "We will see as many innovations in the coming ten years as we have seen in the last century." This requires a new level of mental agility and openness to continuous learning.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/09/13/how-you-become-irreplaceable-in-the-age-of-ai/

Online classrooms where students run the show: we tested how this unconventional model can work - Matthew Wingfield, Bettina von Lieres, Laurence Piper; the Conversation

This is a Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation meeting. The initiative was launched in 2020 as the COVID pandemic brought face-to-face learning to a grinding halt all over the world. We were teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on democratic participation and global development at Stellenbosch University (South Africa), the University of Toronto, Scarborough (Canada) and University West (Sweden). Our students told us that they felt isolated. They missed daily interactions with their peers and the other formative interactions that make for a rich, fulfilling university life. We tried to nimbly adapt to recorded or real time lectures, while trying to facilitate and encourage student participation. But we and the students felt that something more was needed. So we created the Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation. The idea was to bring students together to learn and interact around a shared set of issues.

https://theconversation.com/online-classrooms-where-students-run-the-show-we-tested-how-this-unconventional-model-can-work-236601

Three Artificial Intelligence Bills Endorsed by Federation of American Scientists Advance from the House Committee - Federation of American Scientists

Three proposed artificial intelligence bills endorsed by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a nonpartisan science think tank, advance forward from a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee markup held on September 11th, 2024. These bills received bipartisan support and will now be reported to the full chamber. The three bills are: H.R. 9403, the Expanding AI Voices Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Vince Fong (CA-20) and Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-06); H.R. 9197, the Small Business AI Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10) and Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11), and H.R. 9403, the Expand AI Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-03).

https://fas.org/publication/ai-bills-house/

What College Leaders Want From Harris and Trump - Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed

The American Council on Education, the chief lobbying group for the higher education industry, wants the next president to repeal the tax on wealthy universities’ endowments and work to increase the Pell Grant to $13,000 from $7,395 as a way of making college more affordable, among other policies. Former president Donald Trump has released few details about his plans for higher education. He’s said that he wants to fire accreditors to reclaim colleges from “the radical left,” create a free national online college and abolish the Education Department. Experts expect Vice President Kamala Harris to build on the Biden administration’s efforts to make college more affordable, forgive student loans and protect students from bad actors. Harris’s campaign website touts investments made under President Biden in historically Black colleges and universities as well as recent increases to the Pell Grant.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/09/13/what-college-leaders-want-trump-and-harris

California college students want more online courses, but can they catch up to in-class peers? - BRIANA MENDEZ-PADILLA AND ADAM ECHELMAN, Cal Matters

In July, the U.S. Education Department proposed new rules that would call on colleges and universities to collect more data about online courses, including students’ attendance. The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office responded to the regulations by submitting a public comment document, saying they hope the department will consider the “new costs” to develop the infrastructure to collect the data. The UC also answered publicly, saying data collection might create “confusion and stymie the development of future online education programs.” In an email to CalMatters, the Cal State system stated they were “generally in support” of the regulations and trust that the federal department will consider the potential impact on diverse student populations juggling different responsibilities.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/california-college-students-want-more-online-courses-but-can-they-catch-up/