Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Update by UPCEA

Daily updates of news, research and trends by UPCEA

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Saturday, April 4, 2026

Lilly Endowment Inc. gifts USI $150,000 grant to explore AI in education: The gift funds the university to expand AI fluency amongst the campus community - Cade Smithson, The Shield, University of Southern Indiana

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USI announced Tuesday, March 24, that it had received a $150,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to explore how artificial intelligence fits...

Faculty Push Back Against OpenAI Deals - Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed

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More than a year after the California State University system spent $17 million to give all students, faculty and staff access to ChatGPT Ed...

AI marking trial ‘not looking to replace humans’ - Juliette Roswell, Times Higher Education

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A UK trial of artificial intelligence marking tools is not looking to replace academics, organisers have insisted, despite staff concerns. J...
Friday, April 3, 2026

The State of Organizations 2026: Three tectonic forces that are reshaping organizations - McKinsey

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These are challenging times for organizations everywhere. Forces ranging from artificial intelligence, economic uncertainty, and geopolitica...

New stackable micro-credentials bridge gap to workforce - University of Hawaii News

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As higher education evolves, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is actively adapting to the rising demand for skill-based learning and flexi...

Building next-horizon AI experiences - Chris Smith and Kent Gryskiewicz, McKinsey

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Organizations are investing billions in AI, and employees are increasingly using the technology. Yet only a small minority of companies are ...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Perfect homework, blank stares: Colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI - Jocelyn Gecker, The Associated Press

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Educators are no longer naively wondering if students will use generative AI to do their homework for them. A big question now is how to det...

College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them - Jeanne Beatrix Law, the Conversation

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A pilot study I led of undergraduate writers at Kennesaw State University takes a different approach. Using  think-aloud protocols  – a meth...

ChatGPT’s impact on student learning outcomes: a meta-analysis of 35 experimental studies - Xinning Wu, et al; Nature

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The analysis included 35 studies published between 2022 and 2024, involving 4193 participants. The results indicated a moderately positive e...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

What Do We Teach Now? - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed

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The question we must answer very soon is what can we teach that will prepare our learners to endure the huge changes that are upon us? We mu...

How online learning is changing global education - Elizabeth Carter, MSN

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Education is no longer classroom based or place based education. With the advent of the digital arena, learning has become flexible, persona...

Cloning Myself with AI: Four Ways to Multiply Faculty Presence for Graduate and Adult Learners - Sherrie Myers Bartell, Faculty Focus

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Have you ever wished you could clone yourself? I have. For many faculty in graduate and adult education that longing is more than a passing ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

What Comes After an MBA? Why Leaders Are Turning to AI - Boston University Virtual

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The MBA is the defining credential for a generation of business leaders. It builds financial acumen, strategic thinking, and cross-functiona...

The Apprenticeship (R)Evolution - Sara Weissman and Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed

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Located near the sprawling Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, home to Tesla Gigafactory 1, Truckee Meadows Community College trains Tesla employe...

Terafab: The World’s Next Generation Chip Factory - Thomas Frey, Futurist Speaker

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On March 21st, Elon Musk introduced Terafab—a $25 billion chip facility, jointly owned by Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI—designed to produce one ter...
Monday, March 30, 2026

AI could leave many college grads unemployed, says ServiceNow CEO - EdScoop

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Bill McDermott, the chief executive of ServiceNow, an American cloud computing firm, told reporters recently that the advancement of artific...

Leading disruption before it leads you - McKinsey

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The riskiest disruption isn’t necessarily the one coming. It may be the one CEOs refuse to lead.Today’s leadership mandate requires more tha...

University of Phoenix scholars publish study on academic applications of generative AI tools in higher education - University of Phoenix

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Key findings from the study include: Generative AI tools are increasingly used in academic workflows, including literature review support, r...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Survey: How Should Universities Prepare for the AI Era? - Institute for the Future of Education

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In January of this year, the Digital Education Council (DEC), in collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey, published a study it conducted...

US universities pivot to AI degrees as campuses race to match the machine age - Times of India Education

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Artificial intelligence has moved decisively from research corridors into the core of undergraduate education across the United States, forc...

Exploring the connections between integrated sustainable curricula, generative AI tools, and perceived climate change capabilities across the global south and north using multi-analytics - Javed Iqbal, et al; Nature

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These results highlight the potential of integrated sustainable curricula and climate change sensitivity to enhance climate change capabilit...
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