The education software provider Ellucian and the publisher McGraw-Hill were both acquired this June in private equity deals. McGraw-Hill, which announced that digital growth outpaced print losses…

EdX, a champion of massive open online courses launched in 2012, and Blackboard, a leading learning management system founded in 1997, now are both part of other…

The University of Texas at Austin’s “Convergent, Responsible, and Ethical AI Training Experience for Roboticists,” or CREATE, program launched this year with the goal of informing  trainees…

Some higher education institutions are now offering certificates for continuing education on AI and AI ethics. San Francisco State in 2019 launched a graduate certificate program that…

Many colleges and universities are launching labs and research centers dedicated to AI ethics and research, such as the University of Notre Dame, which last year partnered…

Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence offers seed funding for collaborative and pilot projects, targeting proposals that consider social and ethical implications of using…

A University of California working group looked at opportunities and potential ethical problems with AI and published a report of its findings in October. The system said…

Georgia Tech piloted “Jill Watson,” an AI assistant, in a computer science science program in 2016. When instructors introduce Jill in a course, she uses a knowledge…

Instead of confining student interactions with applicants to designated event times, some colleges are making connections through the chat platform Unibuddy. There, users who have questions are…

Walden University and Google Cloud in August announced a new virtual tutor named “Julian,” The software is designed for students to check their learning comprehension without teachers…