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The Recent Notice of Proposed Rule-Making Guts the NC-SARA initiative

June 12, 2023

When the Department of Education issued its Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) on May 17, I assumed that it was largely about the revisions to Gainful Employment. However, a June…

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Legislative Efforts to Provide Transparency on College Cost

June 8, 2023

The June 7 issue of Inside Higher Ed published a Liam Knox article about a bill proposed in Ohio’s legislature that would require public colleges and universities to provide information…

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The Future of Higher Education Report (According to EY)

June 5, 2023

It isn’t often that a report organized in the form of 34 slides impresses me for its breadth versus brevity. Then again, there aren’t many global consulting firms as large…

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The Future of Instruction and Learning Post ChatGPT

June 2, 2023

I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine about the future of instruction and learning post ChatGPT. Not sure that we had covered all the possible ways that…

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Nearpeer – Harnessing the Power of Belonging to Grow Enrollment

May 31, 2023

I met the founder and CEO of Nearpeer, Dustin Manocha, about a year ago. We met in person for the first time at the ASU/GSV Summit this year. Nearpeer is…

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A Series of Webinars That Could Enhance Your Knowledge of…

May 25, 2023

Across the broad spectrum of LinkedIn notifications and unsolicited email, I found out about Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science’s series of virtual events related to generative AI. May…

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Colleges Race to Hire and Build for AI

May 23, 2023

Inside Higher Ed’s Susan D’Agostino’s recent article, Colleges Race to Hire and Build Amid AI ‘Gold Rush’,  was as thoroughly researched and thought provoking as any of her previous publications.…

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Perhaps the Cost to Implement Customized AI Solutions is Not…

May 22, 2023

I’ve been a fan of computers since I learned to program COBOL as a 12-year-old. Although I chose not to become a professional programmer, I’ve had direct and indirect supervisory…

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A Primer for Learning How to Use ChatGPT and its…

May 19, 2023

During my summer break between 9th and 10th grades, I decided to teach myself how to touch type. My high school offered a Typing class, but I thought I would…

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Could the Transfer Credit Analysis Process Be Simplified Using ChatGPT?

May 18, 2023

There are many ways that people and companies are utilizing the features of ChatGPT. I thought I would try to utilize the AI tool to see if it could suggest…

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Why is Graduate School So Expensive?

May 17, 2023

On May 13, Preston Cooper published Why is Graduate School So Expensive? on the FREEOP substack called The Tassel. At the beginning of the article, Mr. Cooper provides a few…

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How Fast is the Dual Enrollment Market Growing?

May 16, 2023

In an April 2023 article titled How Fast is the Dual Enrollment Market Growing?, Eduventures Senior Analyst at Encoura Clint Raine tackles a topic made more relevant this Spring when…

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Integrating Microcredentials into Undergraduate Experiences

May 15, 2023

Workcred and the University of Texas System released a report last month titled Integrating Microcredentials into Undergraduate Experiences. Workcred is an affiliate of the American National Standards Institute also known…

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World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 Published

May 8, 2023

The World Economic Forum just published its Future of Jobs Report 2023. The 295-page report doesn’t have to be read cover-to-cover, particularly if you are only interested in global trends…

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Even Public Flagship Universities’ Enrollments Are Impacted by Demographic Shift

May 5, 2023

Earlier this week, Liam Knox’s Inside Higher Ed article, Slimming Down to Stay Afloat, compared the decision by West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee to pare down expenses to…

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Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

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