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Designing Courseware for Gateway Classes to Produce Equitable Outcomes: Key Podcast
Ep. 99: Designing Courseware to Produce Equitable Outcomes
Early insights from new "gateway" courses in chemistry and statistics aimed at closing attainment gaps for underrepresented students.
AI Meets Med School
Adding to academia’s AI embrace, two institutions in the University of Texas system are jointly offering a medical degree paired with a master’s in artificial intelligence.
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Embracing Technology to Advance Equity
A Carnegie Mellon professor argues that higher education needs to embrace technology to help break down barriers to entry for students.
University of Texas System Bets Big on Microcredentials
The system, with about 250,000 students, has teamed up with microcredential provider Coursera in its largest partnership yet, which will get students credentialed by tech giants including Meta, IBM and Google.
Why Professors Are Polarized on AI
Academics who perceive threats to education from AI band together as a survival mechanism. The resulting alliances echo divisions formed during online learning’s emergence.
Ep. 98: Streamlining and Scaling Transfer for Equity’s Sake
This week’s episode explores how university systems are working to improve student mobility between and among institutions.
A Women’s College’s Profitable Foray Into Online Learning
Spelman’s experiment with in-house certificate programs earned nearly $2 million in its first year, exceeding its expectations.