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6 stories taggedhigher education.
Australian University Replaces Psychology Classes With an AI Chatbot
Macquarie University has swapped in-person lectures for an AI-driven 'Virtual Peer' in two mandatory psychology subjects, reigniting a debate about what students are actually paying for.
UC Berkeley Professor Used AI to Edit Her Op-Ed Blasting Students' Maths Skills
Zvezdelina Stankova wrote that some of her students were years behind on basic maths. Then came the awkward disclosure.
Yale student paid $208,500 for an MBA. Then an AI-cheating accusation cost him his valedictorian spot.
Thierry Rignol says he was on track to graduate first in his class. A suspension and a failing grade later, he filed a 13-count federal lawsuit against one of the most famous universities in the world.
The HBCU Professor Building an AI Institute That Treats AI as Everyone's Business
With a $1 million Google grant and a principle that 'AI is for everyone', Siobahn Day Grady launched the first AI research institute at a historically Black university. Now she's racing to keep up with demand.
Should you use AI for a task? A Harvard professor has a simple test
Bruce Schneier explains why letting AI write for you can be like hiring a personal trainer to do your push-ups.
Australian universities clash over how to handle AI cheating, as one expert warns of a national brain drain
An ANU academic calls campus crackdowns 'hysterical', while a colleague says weak assessment standards could hand Australia's intellectual talent to tech giants in California and China.