EDUCATION
What really shapes the future of AI in education?
This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission.Key points:A few weeks ago, MIT’s Media Lab put out a study on how AI affects the brain. The study ignited a firestorm of posts and...
EDUCATION
How Public Attacks on Harvard Harm All of Higher Ed
The Trump administration has waged its war on higher education on the battlegrounds of social media, press releases and on-air interviews. Shrouded in vague terminology and questionable legal authority, the public attacks are a stark departure from the channels...
EDUCATION
China’s kindergarten coders: The AI arms race begins at age 4
Key points:In a brightly lit preschool classroom in Shenzhen, 4-year-olds are gathered around an AI-enabled robot named Doubao. With practiced ease, they issue voice commands, identify image patterns, and experiment with rudimentary machine learning games. These children are not...
EDUCATION
Religion’s Ever-Shifting Role in American Higher Education
Religion, particularly Protestantism, was central to the mission of the country’s first universities. Chapels were constructed at the center of campuses. University presidents, often devout, worried over the salvation of their students.James W. Fraser’s new book, Religion and the...
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