How college administrators are using ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Wells College president Jonathan Gibralter is among the higher ed leaders who used ChatGPT to craft a graduation speech this year. But the administrative potential of such tools remains largely untapped.
Read More about How college administrators are using ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligenceSurvey reveals what educators know about artificial intelligence
EDUCATION WEEK — Most educators say that teaching students on how to use tech tools powered by artificial intelligence—and understanding the potential pitfalls of the technology—should be a priority. But only 1 in 10 say that they know enough basics about artificial intelligence to teach it or use it to some degree in their work.
Read More about Survey reveals what educators know about artificial intelligenceHow generative artificial intelligence could affect law school classes
VERDICT — The release to the public last November of ChatGPT, followed by even more sophisticated artificial intelligence tools, has understandably been met with fascination and no small amount of dread. Will the robots come for all of our jobs? Will they kill us?
Read More about How generative artificial intelligence could affect law school classesA look at how colleges navigated the end affirmative action in California in 1996
NPR — For decades, the question of affirmative action — whether colleges should consider race when deciding which students to admit — has been the subject of national debate. And as the nation’s highest court has grown more conservative in recent years, court-watchers wondered if it would reverse decades-old precedents allowing affirmative action.
Read More about A look at how colleges navigated the end affirmative action in California in 1996Gallup poll finds that American confidence in higher education has decreased
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A Gallup poll shows only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, which is down by about 20 percentage points from eight years ago.
Read More about Gallup poll finds that American confidence in higher education has decreasedOpinion: How higher education faculty can take action against racism
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Supreme Court’s ruling in cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prohibits race as a factor in admissions, making an equivalent to policies like California Proposition 209 the law of the land.
Read More about Opinion: How higher education faculty can take action against racismA look at the new federal plan for student loan relief
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Nearly a year after President Biden first pledged to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans per borrower and less than a month after the Supreme Court struck down that plan, the Education Department is again trying to provide relief.
Read More about A look at the new federal plan for student loan reliefLegal group threatens to sue law schools over racial preferences in admissions and organizations
REUTERS — Law schools that give preferences to minorities and women in admissions and hiring risk getting sued by America First Legal, the conservative legal group warned in a letter to 200 U.S. law schools following last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on affirmative action.
Read More about Legal group threatens to sue law schools over racial preferences in admissions and organizationsUS Supreme Court releases decision ending affirmative action
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The U.S. Supreme Court declared Thursday that the admissions systems used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill illegally violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Read More about US Supreme Court releases decision ending affirmative actionWhite House announces new student debt relief plan after initial plan is blocked by US Supreme Court
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The 6-to-3 decision stops the Biden administration from moving forward with plans to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans for eligible Americans, but the administration announced new steps to aid borrowers.
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