Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering this week announced a new interdisciplinary master’s program in artificial intelligence. The program at the California university is designed to provide advanced training for students who want to to “develop, implement, and manage AI systems,” according to a press release. “What sets our program apart are the software and […]| EdScoop
Cybersecurity and privacy roles in higher education are seeing less turnover than they did two years ago, according to new research.| EdScoop
University of Arizona has named David Ebert as its inaugural chief artificial intelligence and data science officer.| EdScoop
A growing number of educators consider artificial intelligence to be a strategic priority for their institutions, according to new research from Educause.| EdScoop
Purdue University on Tuesday announced that Christian Theumer, who’d been serving as the university’s interim chief information officer and vice president for information technology, was named to the roles in a permanent fashion on Jan. 1. As CIO, Theumer is responsible for overseeing the university’s IT services, including cybersecurity, user experience, enterprise reporting, infrastructure services, […]| EdScoop
Wayne State University recently launched a new initiative aimed at improving its data literacy and data infrastructure.| EdScoop
Elliott Cheu, University of Arizona's associate vice president for research centers and institutes, will soon serve as its new interim chief information officer.| EdScoop
With rising chances of having their data encrypted or backups compromised, higher education institutions are paying more than initial demands to recover their systems.| EdScoop
A new report from the firm Zscaler shows that ransomware attacks are growing fastest in the health care and education sectors.| EdScoop
The online education provider 2U has announced it's restructuring its debt and that it's filed for bankruptcy.| EdScoop
The edtech firm Anthology released an AI policy framework that aims to support higher education institutions as they attempt to develop their own policies around AI.| EdScoop
The software firm Turnitin announced a new feature that helps detect whether AI has been used to paraphrase.| EdScoop
Leaders of Emory University in Atlanta announced a series of free courses in Georgia communities scheduled through September.| EdScoop