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Winds of Change in Higher Ed to Become a Hurricane in 2025
A number of factors are converging to create a huge storm. Generative AI advances, massive federal policy shifts, broad societal and economic changes, and the demographic cliff combine to create uncertainty today and change tomorrow.
Scholarly Publishing World Slow to Embrace Generative AI
As the technology’s reach into the information sector expands, a recent report from Ithaka S+R shows that academe is still grappling with how best to integrate it into the scholarly publishing process.
A Second Academic Exodus From X?
Numerous high-profile academics have announced they are leaving X, citing concerns about disinformation and how owner Elon Musk used the platform to support Trump.
Success Program Launch: Incorporating VR Into the First-Year Seminar
This fall, the University of Miami introduced a new virtual reality tool into a first-year course. The initiative is targeted toward retention and engagement of students, as well as improving their feelings of belonging.
In Defense of Asynchronous Learning
Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design.
Breaking the AI Fever
AI is consolidating corporate power in higher education, Lindsay Weinberg writes.
Here Come the AI Agents!
Anthropic last month took the lead in providing early access to basic AI agents for the masses. This is a huge leap forward from the chat bots that have dominated early generative AI.