Thursday, March 28, 2024

AI in the classroom: How some Pennsylvania college professors are using it, and why others aren't - Laura Esposito, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Across Pennsylvania, higher education institutions are grappling with how to include AI in the classroom. Some have wholeheartedly embraced the technology, such as the University of Pennsylvania, which recently became the first Ivy-league university nationwide to offer an AI degree. Others like Penn State and Duquesne University leave it to the professors' discretion. A recent report from Tyton Partners found that nearly half of higher education students are regular users of generative AI, but less than a quarter of faculty members use it.