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Regular LLM Content Creation Versus LLM Reasoning

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Artificial intelligence tools, particularly those offered by well-funded companies like OpenAI, are constantly changing. Some of those changes occur thanks to the software’s machine learning design. Other changes are based on observations and implemented by programmers with access to the code. An emerging feature that’s been getting attention recently is LLM reasoning. One of my […]

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Continuing the Conversation With ChatGPT About the Cost of Knowledge

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After my last post, a few friends and colleagues contacted me and noted that the article posing several questions to ChatGPT about the cost of knowledge was excellent. A few of them indicated that they might pursue a similar series of prompts with ChatGPT or another AI tool. As I noted in my post, I […]

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ChatGPT’s Philosophical Thoughts About the Cost of Knowledge

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Paul LeBlanc, long-time president of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), stepped down on June 30 to co-found and lead Human Systems, an artificial intelligence (AI) and education startup funded by SNHU. During a recent discussion at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. LeBlanc was asked what types of people he hires for his new venture. His […]

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AI Recommended Publications and Links Related to Education

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I’ve been writing about artificial intelligence off and on since 2010. After the release of ChatGPT-3 in November 2022, I increased my pace of reading and writing substantially. During a recent Academic Affairs Board Committee meeting, one of the committee members asked me if I would send her a list of relevant AI publications and […]

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WICHE Projection of High School Graduates

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For a while, various reporters and writers have mentioned the pending demographic cliff, the year in which the number of U.S. high school seniors peak. The data, based on birth rates, indicates that graduating seniors will peak in the Spring of 2025, and colleges will experience fewer applicants for the next dozen or so years […]

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College Affordability: Is the Market Driving the Cost of Tuition?

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Every state in the U.S. provides free education to its residents from grades K-12. Some states have added Pre-K to that free education continuum, and others have added funding for free community college tuition. The higher education initiatives aim to improve college affordability for certain students. Unlike other countries, the U.S. does not have a […]

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New Tuition-Free Financial Aid Announcements

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Whenever I read an article touting an announced financial aid policy that eliminates tuition for students whose family incomes are below a specified amount, I cringe. Many reporters appear to have forgotten that tuition is not the only cost of attending college. Moreover, no one attempts to check the potential impact in advance. Financial Aid […]

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New Studies Indicate Many Master’s Degrees Have No Value

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After decades of touting the benefits of earning a graduate degree, I’m beginning to believe that more and more evidence touts the opposite. In July 2021, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporters Melissa Korn and Andrea Fuller published an article titled “Financially Hobbled for Life: The Elite Master’s Degrees That Don’t Pay Off.” The WSJ’s first […]

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Meritocracy in Higher Education

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From my earliest years in school, everything was about academic meritocracy. America was in the middle of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and the “Space Race” to be the first nation to land a man on the moon. Schoolchildren were encouraged to be scientists and engineers to help America succeed. In sixth grade, […]

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Penrose Far West

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About a year ago, I received a FedEx envelope delivered to my house in Austin. Inside was an invitation to Penrose Far West, which billed itself as “an intimate gathering of the most intriguing people in the science world.” The invitation was exquisite, handprinted on a letterpress, and included an RSVP card with embroidered stitching […]

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Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

Science

Student Persistence

The Future of Work

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