Professional, Continuing, and Online Education Update by UPCEA

Daily updates of news, research and trends by UPCEA

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

AI's Impact on Future Education - Jensen Huang, YouTube

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In this video, the future of education is described as a fundamental platform shift where traditional universities must evolve or risk becom...

Using ChatGPT isn't an AI strategy - Daphne Kohler, Big Think

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You’ve probably heard that artificial intelligence has untapped potential in today’s workplaces. And sure, many organizations have signed en...

Designing the 2026 Classroom: Emerging Learning Trends in an AI-Powered Education System - Grace Goldstone, Faculty Focus

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Across educational organizations, AI is moving from experimentation to impact. Each year, more institutions increasingly accelerate their us...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Agents, robots, and us: Skill partnerships in the age of AI - Lareina Yee, et al; McKinsey Global Institute

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AI is expanding the productivity frontier. Realizing its benefits requires new skills and rethinking how people work together with intellige...

AI Won't Replace You: This will - There's an AI for That, YouTube

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This video explores the idea that AI won't replace you by becoming "smarter," but rather by making execution and output so che...

Reimagining the value proposition of tech services for agentic AI - McKinsey

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After more than two years of navigating the transformative landscape of gen AI, technology services providers are now facing the emergence o...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

Women far outnumber men in law school, med school, vet school and other professional programs - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report

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Women studying veterinary medicine now outnumber men by four to one. It’s not just veterinary school. The number of women has surpassed the ...

Harnessing AI to expand scientific discovery - Hongliang Xin, Times Higher Ed

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From drug design to climate modelling, artificial intelligence can process data at scales far beyond human capacity. Hongliang Xin argues th...

AI has moved into universities’ engine room, but no one is at the controls - Tom Smith, Times Higher Ed

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By now, most universities have an artificial intelligence policy. It probably mentions ChatGPT, urges students not to cheat, offers a few ex...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Celebrating Faculty Strengths and Differences: A Positive Strategy for Thriving Academia - Maureen Hermann, Faculty Focus

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In today’s complex academic landscape, fostering environments where faculty feel seen, valued, and celebrated is not merely ideal—it is esse...

AI and the Art of Judgment - Art Carden, EconLib

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A New York magazine article titled “Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College” made the rounds in mid-2025. I think about it often, and...

FETC 2026: How CTE and AI Are Defining the Future of Learning - Amy Mcintosh, Ed Tech

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Rather than treating vocational programs and college prep as separate tracks, career and technical education (CTE) should be seen as a flexi...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Four ways artificial intelligence (AI) takes shape at CWRU—and across higher education - Brianna Smith, Case Western News

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Across higher education, conversations around artificial intelligence (AI) have shifted rapidly throughout the years. What began as debates ...

6,000 Minnesota students go to online learning due to immigration actions - Imani Cruzen, Pioneer Press

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More than 6,000 St. Paul public school students have registered to learn online in the past week as the federal government’s immigration enf...

A new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect - Mary Burns, Rebecca Winthrop, Natasha Luther, Emma Venetis, and Rida Karim, AP

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Since the debut of ChatGPT and with the public’s growing familiarity with generative artificial intelligence (AI), the education community h...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work - Maxwell Zeff, Wired

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OpenAI plans to start testing ads inside ChatGPT in the coming weeks, marking a significant shift for one of the world’s most widely used AI...

How course-sharing improved Adrian College’s bottom line - Alcino Donadel, University Business

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Layoffs and program cuts have become a popular strategy to reduce staff size, the most significant expense for many cash-strapped colleges a...

Building leaders in the age of AI - Bob Sternfels, Børge Brende, and Daniel Pacthod, McKinsey

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Artificial intelligence can write, design, code, and complete tasks at breakneck speed. It can help business leaders draft emails, create ag...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Affective Intelligence in Artificial Intelligence - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed

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As we look at artificial intelligence in teaching and learning, we must look beyond facts, figures and formulas to ensure that the skills of...

Microcredentials Explosion Is Imminent And What It All Means - Neil Wolstenholme, FE News

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A very significant structural shift in British education since the expansion of universities in the 1990s is imminent. While the headlines f...

MOOC Market Trends 2025: AI, Micro-Credentials, and Workforce Upskilling - Open PR

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The global MOOC market is witnessing strong double-digit growth, fueled by digital transformation, remote work, and the rising need for cont...
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