Nature Megaphone unveiled at Michigan Tech trails | EdScoop
A new interactive art installation was three years in the making at Michigan Technological University.| EdScoop
Email migration, digital payment cards and an IT satisfaction survey have all been recent activities at The University of Arizona.| EdScoop
Virginia Tech has published a report that details how the institution intends to embrace AI while maintaining responsible use.| EdScoop
New York University has announced the launch of its Quantum Institute, hoped to become a world-class research hub.| EdScoop
A new interactive art installation was three years in the making at Michigan Technological University.| EdScoop
Auburn University and the University of Alabama have received grant funding to collect data on roadway safety and develop public awareness campaigns.| EdScoop
The Colgate Portal is allowing students, staff and faculty easier access to services and information, according to the university.| EdScoop
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Leaders of Emory University in Atlanta announced a series of free courses in Georgia communities scheduled through September.| EdScoop
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Leaders of Emory University in Atlanta announced a series of free courses in Georgia communities scheduled through September.| EdScoop
The Educational Technology Accelerator Program at USC has opened applications for its latest cohort of startups.| EdScoop
Indiana University has announced what it says is the nation's second-largest deployment of ChatGPT Edu.| EdScoop
Three quarters of higher ed technology leaders describe their workloads as “excessive.”| EdScoop
A new app designed to keep students safe on and around campus includes features like rapid police dialing and location-sharing with friends.| EdScoop
Anthropic, the generative artificial intelligence company behind Claude, on Wednesday announced a new product tailored for education. According to a post on the company’s website, Claude for Education is designed to be a more powerful study companion, and includes integration with the publisher Wiley and the AI video tools firm Panopto. Anthropic says these integrations […]| EdScoop
University at Buffalo has announced a host of new AI-focused degree programs.| EdScoop
A new app called Sway is being tested on university campuses to facilitate constructive conversations on difficult topics.| EdScoop
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is planning to create an AI school by consolidating two of its existing schools.| EdScoop
Google has announced a new project that includes providing free training resources to all college students in the United States.| EdScoop
A new partnership will allow scientists from Amazon and CMU to work on emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence.| EdScoop
Natural events, like extreme weather, can lead to chemicals being released into the environment. Researchers are using AI to understand such events better.| EdScoop
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks at the department’s Lyndon Baines Johnson Building on January 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) | EdScoop
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks at the department’s Lyndon Baines Johnson Building on January 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) | EdScoop
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U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks at the department’s Lyndon Baines Johnson Building on January 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) | EdScoop
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U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks at the department’s Lyndon Baines Johnson Building on January 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) | EdScoop
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EdScoop delivers up-to-the-minute breaking news in the higher education IT market. Reaching top leaders driving technology and digital learning in higher ed.| EdScoop
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Researchers hope to develop low-power circuits that don't require analog video signals to be converted to digital.| EdScoop
School administrators said combining functions will allow IT and other divisions to focus on their core missions.| EdScoop
The University of California, Santa Cruz has been named one of the nation's leading centers for cybersecurity research.| EdScoop
The musician will.i.am, who founded a technology company 2013, will teach an agentic AI course at ASU's Los Angeles campus.| EdScoop
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Harford Community College, a public college in Bel Air, Maryland, has named a new chief information officer.| EdScoop
The California State University system has announced the nation's largest deployment of OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu platform, opening the AI tool to its 460,000 students and 63,000 faculty and staff.| EdScoop
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A cyberattack has led administrators at a Houston, Texas, university to put systems offline.| EdScoop
A new tool driven by 179 million data points has spotted several regions in the United States especially prone to power outages.| EdScoop
A recent cyberattack compromised the Social Security numbers and other personal information of students and employees, administrators announced.| EdScoop
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Residents are worried that a new $1.2 billion data center will contaminate a nearby river and potentially raise electricity rates.| EdScoop
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
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Educause's 2025 Horizon report reveals a complex landscape — from new VR applications to uncertain social and regulatory factors — shifting the priorities of educators.| EdScoop
University of Arizona has named David Ebert as its inaugural chief artificial intelligence and data science officer.| EdScoop
Taking a page from federal, state and local government agencies that have banned the Chinese AI app DeepSeek, the University of North Dakota system last month instituted its own ban of the software. Federal agencies and state governments have instated bans on DeepSeek as part of their routine prohibitions against technology that could contain backdoors […]| EdScoop
“Digital twins” powered by Praxis AI and Anthropic are helping university students answer many questions during off hours.| EdScoop
Colin Wood is the editor in chief of StateScoop and EdScoop. He’s reported on government information technology policy for more than a decade, on topics including cybersecurity, IT governance and public safety.| EdScoop
A new study from Oregon State University shows that artificial intelligence can boost creativity in student writing if instructors provide guidance on proper use. The university’s College of Liberal Arts announced the findings last week. After studying two online creative writing courses, researchers found that students who completed their work with the assistance of ChatGPT […]| EdScoop
New research from the edtech firm Cengage Group shows that attitudes surrounding generative AI are improving quickly in higher education.| EdScoop
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A growing number of educators consider artificial intelligence to be a strategic priority for their institutions, according to new research from Educause.| EdScoop
Celtic FC fans cheer during the pre-season club friendly football match between Chelsea FC and Celtic FC at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, on July 27, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP via Getty Images) | EdScoop
Recent survey data from an admissions assessment company shows that a majority of college applicants were confused about the rules on using AI.| 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
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is using AI to automatically score the writing quality of application essays, The Daily Tar Heel reported on Monday. According to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, it uses artificial intelligence tools to evaluate the grammar and writing style of essays, which are used to judge admission to […]| EdScoop
Wayne State University recently launched a new initiative aimed at improving its data literacy and data infrastructure.| EdScoop
A University of Washington student received an academic hold after developing a tool that administrators said violated university policy.| 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
The University of Florida plans to spend $24 million on a more advanced supercomputer through its partnership with Nvidia.| EdScoop
The University of Tulsa has unveiled a new cyber range that school leaders said will help prepare the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.| EdScoop
University of Arizona Chief Information Officer Barry Brummund will retire early next year, the school has announced.| 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
Microsoft says its products blocked more than 15,000 emails each day that targeted the education sector with phony QR codes.| EdScoop
A new report suggests distinct, gender-based differences when teachers are deciding how generative AI may be used in their classrooms.| EdScoop
Skylar Rispens is a reporter for StateScoop and EdScoop. She previously worked as a reporter specializing in education coverage for daily and weekly newspapers across Montana, where she currently resides.| EdScoop
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Many higher ed faculty recently surveyed said they feel the effects of burn out and reported belief education is not "heading in the right direction."| EdScoop
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More than a month after sustaining a ransomware attack, New Jersey City University leaders have notified their students of the cyberattack.| 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
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The software firm Turnitin announced a new feature that helps detect whether AI has been used to paraphrase.| EdScoop
The Department of Education published a guide with recommendations for edtech AI developers that includes provisions on equity and transparency.| EdScoop
Leaders of Emory University in Atlanta announced a series of free courses in Georgia communities scheduled through September.| EdScoop
Educause's annual report includes an honorary category for AI trends, with ideas on how it's shaping the future of critical thinking and its impact on the workforce.| EdScoop
