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AI-Assisted Technologies are Increasing Critical Thinking Skills

Aug 29, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Susan Fourtané

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a rather crucial role in nurturing the critical thinking skills that students and new graduates need in today’s rapidly changing world. Enhancing learners’ critical thinking skills with AI-assisted technology provides a unique opportunity for both students and faculty to improve the learning experience focusing on developing critical thinking skills.
Higher Education Leaders Explore Impact of Generative AI

Aug 28, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Annie Galvin Teich

ChatGPT has already taught some university leaders that fear and backlash are unproductive and that generative AI should be a catalyst to rethink assignments and assessments. A recent industry white paper queried a number of university academic and innovation officers to learn how they are navigating generative AI at their campuses.
Husson Joins Global Virtual Production Education Program

Aug 25, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Susan Fourtané

Husson University has recently joined the Pixotope Education Program, the company’s educational and community-building initiative designed to help enable the next-generation of virtual production talent, becoming the first U.S.-based education program partner. Other Pixotope Education Program partners include England’s University of Gloucestershire, The Netherlands’ Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Italy’s Apulia Digital Maker, Singapore’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and Taiwan’s Hsing Wu University.
Georgetown University Transforms Campus Energy Usage

Aug 23, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Susan Fourtané

While many higher education institutions are taking action to enhance their sustainability efforts, Georgetown University is embarking on bold projects that demonstrate how universities can further enhance their sustainability goals. Georgetown University pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 percent by the year 2020. By FY14, the University had met this goal, achieving greenhouse gas reductions of over 71 percent from a 2006 baseline.
5 Trends Challenging Higher Education Leaders for Fall 2023

Aug 21, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Annie Galvin Teich

College leaders face financial and social headwinds as they navigate change in enrollment, business model, and new preferences for education. It’s fair to say that the pandemic accelerated changes in colleges and universities that were already in motion. Enrollments have been in decline for some time, changing demographics precipitated demand for new courses of study and delivery, and college employees, like those in other fields, began to question their work-life balance during the pandemic.
Higher Ed Alert: Companies Looking for This One Thing

Aug 15, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Nido R. Qubein

It is higher education’s responsibility to ensure their students are ready to be productive in the work environment. Companies that want to develop talent look for a range of hard and soft skills in prospective employees. But there’s also a new paradigm of skills emerging that executives say they need in their teams. The mix is shifting as artificial intelligence increasingly improves upon human hard skills. Hard skills, such as training on specific software, are needed but will inevitably change.
Dr. Nido Qubein

Aug 15, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Nido R. Qubein

It is higher education’s responsibility to ensure their students are ready to be productive in the work environment.
How Higher Ed Institutions Can Increase Cybersecurity Efforts

Aug 11, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Susan Fourtané

Investing in data security infrastructure is essential as malicious hackers relentlessly target higher education institutions. The recent cybersecurity breach at the University of Manchester, which reported the theft of 7 Terabytes (TB) of data, is one of numerous cyber incidents that have occurred in the past few months. We have also seen attacks in Tennessee State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, and Mount St. Mary’s College among others.
AI Literacy is a Fundamental Pillar in Higher Education

Aug 11, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Susan Fourtané

Artificial Intelligence literacy skills must be incorporated in university curriculums to prepare students for in-demand graduate-level jobs. AI-based technologies have now become an integral part of every industry as well as our daily life. New graduates who are not AI literate will find it hard to find graduate-level jobs. AI is influencing and transforming the workplace. Graduates need to be prepared to face the world in the AI era.
Better Recruitment Communication Leads to Higher Enrollment

Aug 10, 2023 | fierceeducation.com | Annie Galvin Teich

Competition among colleges to recruit the best students is heating up and their communications strategy can often be the deciding factor. In fact, more than 70% of college-bound high school students report recruitment communication that was so impressive, they wanted to learn more about the school.