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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.” Their contracts have raised a number of ethical and policy flags.

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Can Video Games Provide Meaningful Learning Experiences?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Engaging, immersive and highly interactive, video games are a $97 billion industry in the United States, making up over 6 percent of all spending on entertainment and media. Develop a healthy skepticism about how popular culture depicts the past while learning how to assess the games’ accuracies and inaccuracies.

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7 missteps university leaders must avoid in their AI approach

EAB

. --> 0 % of higher education staff members are already using ChatGPT for their work --> Broad applications AI holds the potential to transform nearly every aspect of campus life , ranging from teaching and learning to student services, research, enrollment and marketing, advancement, HR, finance, facilities management, and IT.