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Can AI Help a Student Get Into Stanford or Yale?
Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of essays—both high and low quality—into an AI model to train it on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays.
The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s
After losing accreditation, the Catholic liberal arts college remade itself as a purveyor of workforce training programs. Not everyone is happy about the shift.
Can AI Be Used to Cheat on Multiple-Choice Exams?
A Florida State professor found a way to catch AI cheating on multiple-choice tests. He also found that ChatGPT got a lot of “easy” questions wrong.
Researchers Find Exam Answers for Half Their Modules on Chegg
Australian scholars say improving response times make website “an appealing tool” for cheating, but findings are disputed.
Academic Publishers Threatened By Open-Access Expansion
Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry.
Upskilling, Reskilling or Retiring: Responding to the Advent of AI
The anticipated replacement of human workers with generative AI apps has begun. Earlier this year IBM announced about 8,000 layoffs amid an AI-powered initiative.
Universities Hit Back Against Proposed Online Attendance Policy
Proposed federal regulations have institutions and higher ed groups worried about time and financial burdens.
A ‘Transformational’ Investment in Maine Workforce Training
A local philanthropy is giving tens of millions of dollars to advance short-term workforce training programs at Maine community colleges.