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University will stop using controversial remote-testing software following student outcry

The Verge

Students head to class at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. | The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced that it will discontinue its use of remote-proctoring software Proctorio after its summer 2021 term. Over 1,000 people signed a petition calling on the university to stop using the service.

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What do the mega gifts of 2024 say about giving? 

Candid

However, several of those gifts also addressed health and health care, such as Ruth Gottesmans gift of $1 billion to eliminate tuition at Einstein Medical College and Roy and Diana Vageloss $400 million commitment to Columbia University for biomedical research and education.

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Optimize the University Experience with AI

DataRobot

These same benefits could also help universities better serve their students and protect their bottom line. AI can help universities predict possible outcomes to the following scenarios: Prospective students who will apply to the university. Prospective students who will pass preliminary admission screenings.

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How Florida International University Identifies and Helps At-Risk Students using Machine Learning

DataRobot

How can schools leverage data to ensure that every student has access to the educational resources they need? We spoke with two faculty members at Florida International University (FIU) to learn how they address this issue to successfully help at-risk students overcome obstacles in their academic careers.

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Performance Based Funding Institute to Improve Higher Education

VisionLink

At the Institute, 9 Community Colleges from Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina gathered to discuss engaging stakeholders around success for all community college students. Over the 2-day event, the groups formulated concrete messaging intended to gain legislator, faculty and media support for their work.

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Tasseled wants to help college students get their lives, and credits, together

TechCrunch

When Vipul Patel lost half of his college credits while transferring from Florida Institute of Technology to Boston University, he began digging for answers. Patel soon stumbled upon equivalency tables , where universities track which courses from other institutions can be counted for credit during a transfer process.

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AI Use Cases for Universities

DataRobot

Universities, like other businesses, need to do the same to best serve their students and protect their bottom line. In a marketing use case, the university can build a model to predict whether a prospective student will apply. This can increase the marketing conversion rate and make the university more cost-effective.