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  Usually when I write a blog article, most of the comments I receive are from LinkedIn connections who read my message and link to the article. My recent post…

WCET may be known to more colleges and universities for its support of the State Authorization Network that ultimately became NC-SARA, the framework to allow colleges and universities offering distance…

In a recently published article, New York Times opinion columnist David Brooks quotes scientist Douglas Hofstadter for its title, “Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed.” Mr. Brooks writes…

Legacy admissions are typically defined as the preferences given by colleges to applicants who have a relationship to alumni of the institution. They can also include preferences extended to the…

NYU Stern marketing professor Scott Galloway’s No Mercy/No Malice blog is one of his many media forums. In an article published last week titled Super Drug, Professor Galloway talks about…

Sarah Mervosh’s article in today’s New York Times reports that U.S. students’ progress in reading and math stagnated last year despite billions in federal funding to make up for Covid-related…

One of my good friends is writing a book about a prominent family in Maryland. He recently commented about discovering various members of that family with notable accomplishments whose last…

A few days ago, David Wiley, Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning, posted a blog article titled Generative Textbooks. After a short introduction, he wrote that he “started wondering –…

I read an article about someone who used Chat GPT-4 to prepare for a job interview. I decided I would try to structure a prompt that referenced a job opening…

After Friday’s Supreme Court decision affirmed the lawsuits that challenged the legality of the Biden Administration’s loan forgiveness program, it appears that the Biden Administration was prepared to lose their…

The Washington Post published columnist George Will’s opinion piece in the June 28, 2023 issue is about the alarming decline of K-12 becoming a dominant issue in next year’s elections.…

I have written about the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and its strategic plan Building a Talent Strong Texas (also formerly known as 60X30TX). In addition to striving to…

The June 20th issue from Edtech Insiders provided a number of interesting facts or predictions. P&S Intelligence predicts that the “AI-in-education” global market is expected to grow from approximately $2…

Not all that long ago, my 92-year-old mother suggested that our family host a reunion of all the living descendants of her parents, Lloyd T. Widdowson, Sr. and Christena Metz…

Coursera recently announced the publication of its fifth annual global skills report. The report draws on data from Coursera’s 120 million plus global learners. It’s not a surprise that Coursera’s…