Timothy McGeary, the incoming Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of URochester Libraries, plans to leverage his extensive experience in digital scholarship and library innovation to enhance the role of libraries as spaces for preservation, access, and collaboration.
The widespread use of generative AI in academia is causing significant disruption, as it challenges traditional methods of evaluating student work and raises questions about academic integrity. While some universities are implementing policies to manage AI use, others are embracing it as a tool for enhancing learning, highlighting the ongoing debate about its role in education.
Swarthmore College Libraries are actively evaluating AI tools to determine their value and transparency in supporting library services, with a focus on ensuring that users make conscious choices about AI integration. Amanda Licastro, Head of Digital Scholarship Strategies, emphasizes the importance of balancing AI's potential benefits with the need for critical engagement and privacy, highlighting the library's role in fostering AI literacy and information literacy.
The text discusses the limitations and risks associated with relying on AI tools for tasks such as summarizing contracts and writing assignments, emphasizing that AI outputs may not always be accurate or contextually appropriate. It highlights the importance of human oversight and accountability, as AI lacks the ability to understand context, take responsibility, and ensure the accuracy of its results, which can lead to significant consequences in legal and educational settings.
TCU has launched AI², a $10 million initiative in partnership with Dell Technologies, to enhance its research capabilities and progress toward achieving Research 1 status. This effort will provide advanced AI tools to support interdisciplinary research, faculty collaboration, and student preparedness, positioning TCU as a significant change agent in the field of artificial intelligence.
The Binghamton University Projects for New Undergraduate Researchers (BUPNUR) program, initially launched in 2024, offers faculty-mentored research opportunities to students without prior experience, with stipends provided for both part-time spring and full-time summer commitments. Applications for the Spring 2026 session are open until November 14, 2025, and the program aims to make research accessible across various disciplines.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) will host its Annual Meeting, the largest gathering of education researchers worldwide, from April 8-12, 2026, in Los Angeles, featuring over 2,500 sessions on topics ranging from early education to AI and educational equity. Credentialed journalists can register for free to attend and access embargoed research papers, with the event taking place primarily at the Los Angeles Convention Center and surrounding hotels.
Comp Sci High, a charter school in the South Bronx, aims to equip its predominantly Black and Latino students with computer science skills to achieve economic mobility, setting a goal for them to reach the national median household income by age 25. Facing the challenge of generative AI's rise, the school is implementing a comprehensive AI literacy curriculum, gradually integrating AI tools into coding practices while ensuring students first master foundational programming skills.
A national survey conducted in Estonia in 2024 revealed that a significant majority of students, 74. 2% of lower secondary and 90.
A survey conducted by AAC&U and Elon University reveals widespread concern among college faculty about the impact of generative AI on teaching and student performance, with fears it may lead to student overreliance on AI and weaken critical thinking. Despite these concerns, many faculty members recognize the importance of teaching AI literacy and acknowledge potential benefits, such as personalized instruction, while also noting a fragmented policy environment regarding AI use in education.
