Transforming Higher Education

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  Rich Bernato Ed. D.

  

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  Is it time to abolish college grades entirely? Why American universities are handing out too many A's

  TechSpot - Zo Ahmed

  Getting out of hand: Grade inflation in American universities is a real problem, but hardly anything has been done to address it. The statistics are …

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  Rich Bernato Ed. D.

  

  Teens are losing interest in school, and say they hear about college 'a lot'

  NPR - Cory Turner

  This is not your standard back-to-school story, about school supplies or first-day butterflies. It’s about how school-aged members of Gen Z — that’s 12- to 18-year-olds — are feeling about school and the future. And according to a new national survey, those feelings are a little worrying. School …

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  Rich Bernato Ed. D.

  

  A futurist explains 3 essential things needed to prepare for the imminent AI and biotech revolutions

  Fast Company - BY Next Big Idea Club

  “The big formula of this revolution is that if you have more data, better algorithms, and more computing power, you can decipher patterns in vast data pools far beyond what our unaided brains can do.” Jamie Metzl is a leading technology and healthcare futurist and the founder and chair of …

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  Rich Bernato Ed. D.

  

  OpenAI’s First College Partnership Sheds Light on How GPT Is Used in Higher Education

  observer.com - Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

  The experimental partnership has has to the creation of around 250 ChatGPT educational projects. At the beginning of this year, Arizona State …

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  Rich Bernato Ed. D.

  

  Regents accept UWM plan with system’s first mass layoff of tenured profs

  wisconsinexaminer.com - Erik Gunn

  With only one dissent, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved a plan Thursday from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that will …

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  Rich Bernato Ed. D.

  

  Is AI in Schools Promising or Overhyped? Potentially Both, New Reports Suggest

  The 74 - Greg Toppo

  One urges educators to prep for an artificial intelligence boom. The other warns that it could all go awry. Together, they offer a reality check. Are …