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How the Patton Building Project Team Applied Computational Design to Overcome Aggressive Inflation

Clark Nesxen

Completed in 2022, Blue Ridge Community College’s Patton Building features an appealing, complex façade designed using computational tools to overcome the pandemic’s rapid price escalation without sacrificing design quality. Computational design is more than a process shift. It has the greatest impact as a change in how we think.

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Creating Pathways for Students in Cybersecurity: The Inspiring Journey of Josiah Alexander

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Josiah Alexander, a computer science major with a concentration in network security at the New York Institute of Technology, serves as an exemplary example of how such pathways can be established. Additionally, his involvement in robotics during middle school further solidified his interest in technology and problem-solving.

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These are the top 10 colleges for cybersecurity education

University Business

Since the pandemic, the increased reliance on digital technology, such as virtual meetings and online learning, has created additional pathways enabling bad actors to access confidential student and employee data. But what about higher ed? Which colleges are doing the most when it comes to providing top-tier education on the subject?

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11 tips to boost your pool of online students in 2024

University Business

Studying over 3,000 current, former and prospective online students during fall 2023, the marketing and enrollment firm dives deep into online students’ motivations and aspirations and the way they consume information. ” More from UB: How colleges can help moms land a “luxury” career 1.

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Academics work to detect ChatGPT and other AI writing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. In this cat-and-mouse game, some computer scientists are working to make AI writers more humanlike, while others are working to improve detection tools. Academic fields make progress in this way.

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Resolving bias: 4 ways higher education can create responsible AI for societal good

University Business

Its ability to reduce workloads to a fraction of what it once was for students and faculty and administrators alike is invigorating forward thinkers to leverage the technology even more. Imagine if algorithms were utilized to create evacuation routes in times of poor air quality, a notorious issue in the Utah Valley.

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AI and Assessment in Student Affairs

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

For those interested in different generative AI tools that are text-based, a short list is included below: ChatGPT Bard Bing Chat Humata Scholar AI Scite Generative AI tools are based on large language models or LLMs that pull information from a vast collection of different sources on which they are “trained.” Jankowski and Gavin W.