As another academic semester begins, something has changed in the conversation about artificial intelligence. For the last several years, the dominant discussion surrounding generative AI has centered on…
This article from UC Berkeley mathematics professor Zvezdelina Stankova raises a much larger question than whether universities should bring back the SAT. What should qualify someone for admission…
TechCrunch reported that Anthropic plans to watermark text generated by its AI models. Predictably, that immediately reopened the familiar debate around detection, provenance, enforcement, and how educators might…
They are built around a high-velocity feedback loop. In applied fields such as data analytics, long stretches of passive instruction are rarely enough. Learners need to see a…
A new article in The Atlantic argues that we may be entering a “post-literate” era, where deep reading is becoming less common and sustained attention is increasingly difficult…
Over the weekend I was going through a collection of data science books. Many were published between 2015 and 2018. At first glance, they looked outdated. Then I…
For years, universities have assumed students would always come to them. I’m not sure that’s the future anymore. Millions of professionals are learning through platforms like Coursera, edX,…
While much of the technology sector continues to experience significant workforce disruption, healthcare faces a very different challenge. Recent reports indicate that more than 150,000 technology jobs have…
One of the most interesting developments in higher education is happening right here in Arizona. Maricopa Community Colleges recently announced three new bachelor’s degree programs in Exercise Science,…
I recently reviewed Coursera’s Micro-Credentials Impact Report 2026, which surveyed more than 3,500 students, employers, and higher education leaders across seven countries. The findings reinforce something many of…