Mitigating Hallucinations in LLMs for Community College Classrooms: Strategies to Ensure Reliable and Trustworthy AI-Powered Learning Tools – Faculty Focus

According to Jandrić (2019) in “The Post-digital Challenge of Critical Media Literacy,” Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can exhibit unpredictable and biased behaviors that their creators and researchers are unable to directly control. Jandrić argues that AI systems do not merely reproduce or embed existing biases found in their training data but can also recombine these…

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ApplyBoard partners with Canada’s TD bank

TD, which hosts over 27 million customers as of January 2024, will help students coming to Canada from India, China, Pakistan, the Philippines, Morocco, Senegal and Vietnam, to meet eligibility requirements under the Student Direct Stream. The specific collaboration – The TD International Student GIC program – pertains to demonstrating proof of financial ability, helping…

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Nearly 4,000 Students And Counting Return, Graduate CUNY

The City University of New York (CUNY) re-enrolled 16,319 stopped-out students during the 2023-24 academic year thanks to its CUNY Reconnect Program. CUNY Reconnect is a city-funded program designed to engage New Yorkers who earned college credits but stopped short of getting a degree. The program was conceived by New York City Council Speaker Adrienne…

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Strategic Planning in Higher Education: Path to Success

Eighty-four percent of senior finance professionals, according to recent surveys, believe their universities should use financial data more effectively to support their decision-making, which appreciates the importance of data-driven decision-making in higher education. Strategic Planning in Higher Education is all about this similar thing; being aware of the specific goals that need to be set,…

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)

In today’s online learning landscape, traditional textbooks just aren’t getting the job done. Not only are they hard to access physically while off campus, they’re overpriced and often contain outdated information. Open Educational Resources (OER) can be more widely adopted in online, in-person and hybrid classes due to their flexibility, minimal costs and easy access….

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Sonoma State President Placed on Administrative Leave

Dr. Mike LeeCalifornia State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel. The action comes amid nationwide antiwar protests and concerns for upholding student and faculty rights to speech and assembly alongside ensuring their safety…

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