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Ep. 99: Designing Courseware to Produce Equitable Outcomes
Early insights from new "gateway" courses in chemistry and statistics aimed at closing attainment gaps for underrepresented students.
AI Meets Med School
Adding to academia’s AI embrace, two institutions in the University of Texas system are jointly offering a medical degree paired with a master’s in artificial intelligence.
Open-Access Books Help University Press Revenues, Study Finds
No Calculus? No Problem at Caltech
With many high school students lacking access to key STEM classes, Caltech and other technology-focused institutions are exploring admissions alternatives.
Embracing Technology to Advance Equity
A Carnegie Mellon professor argues that higher education needs to embrace technology to help break down barriers to entry for students.
Preparing Students for the AI-Enhanced Workforce
Our graduating and certificate-completing students need documented generative AI skills, and they need them now.
University of Texas System Bets Big on Microcredentials
The system, with about 250,000 students, has teamed up with microcredential provider Coursera in its largest partnership yet, which will get students credentialed by tech giants including Meta, IBM and Google.
‘On Bullshit’ and AI
The rise of generative AI heralds the dawn of a golden age for bullshit in education, A. G. Elrod writes.