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Higher education in 2025: AGI agents to displace people

Higher education in 2025: AGI agents to displace people

Toward determining the logic skills, analysis ability, context awareness and readiness of current models to serve as assistants, I ran a simple, short test as one might do with a human agent who is drafting reports and responding to email and inquiries on your behalf.


National college completion rate ticks up to 61.1%

National college completion rate ticks up to 61.1%

“Higher completion rates are welcome news for colleges and universities still struggling to regain enrollment levels from before the pandemic,” Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director, said in a statement dated Wednesday.


Ohio State reverses hundreds of workers’ raises after DOL’s overtime rule overturned

Ohio State reverses hundreds of workers’ raises after DOL’s overtime rule overturned

“In alignment with the court ruling, employees receiving increased pay in November and December will revert to their original salary in January,” the university said in an emailed statement.


Pro-Palestine zine cannot be distributed on campus, MIT says

Pro-Palestine zine cannot be distributed on campus, MIT says

The issue has pervaded campus discourse since the start of the current pro-Palestinian protest movement over a year ago, with some harshly condemning phrases like “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as a call to eradicate Israel and its people, while others argue it’s simply a cry for peace and Palestinian self-determination.


Debate persists over states’ disinvestment in higher ed

Debate persists over states’ disinvestment in higher ed

Craig Lindwarm, senior vice president for governmental affairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, added that it’s “overly simplistic” to view the sole function of state funding as keeping tuition prices low.


Cuts at Saint Augustine’s, Drexel among steepest in November

Cuts at Saint Augustine’s, Drexel among steepest in November

Drexel officials told the Inquirer in a statementthat the reduction in head count is part of the university’s “plan for resolving an approximate 10 [percent] imbalance in its operating budget in order to ensure resilience amid financial headwinds facing the higher-education sector.”