Delta State budget plan would cut about 20 degrees

Dive Brief: Delta State University would cut $6.1 million from its fiscal 2025 budget under a proposed plan by President Daniel Ennis, who started in the role just under a year ago. Ennis’ plan calls for eliminating about 20 degree programs as well as a dozen staff positions. It also proposes new degrees and positions,…

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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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Leveraging Digital Marketing Campaign Data to Drive Continuous Improvement

Digital marketing campaign data should provide insights to optimize your strategies. You’ve established an advertising budget, identified program differentiators, collaborated on creative, and implemented an informed channel strategy. With your new digital marketing campaign in market, you’ll soon receive a steady stream of data that indicate how well your offering resonates with potential audiences. Now…

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Donald Trump: Still Gagged – Above the Law

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) As Michael Cohen’s testimony grinds on for a second day in Manhattan, Donald Trump will have to keep his mouth shut about his former fixer just a little bit longer. This morning, the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division affirmed the validity of the gag order imposed by Justice Juan…

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Davis Wright Tremaine’s DEI Chief Yusuf Zakir Shares Thoughts On The Need For Diversity

Since the SFFA v. Harvard decision, attacks against diversity initiatives have been emboldened. People working in DEI positions have seen layoffs, applicants have worried about how colleges will receive their applications, and the acronym has reached a semi-slur status after the Baltimore bridge collision. With all of the smear campaigning that either deliberately obfuscates the…

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Taylor Swift’s Appropriate Trademark Application

(Photo by Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management ) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to reporting by TMZ, last week, Taylor Swift filled a trademark application for what phrase? Hint: She’s using the phrase to describe the new Tortured Poets section of the Eras tour (the…

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