Scammers are using AI bots to pose as students, enroll in online classes, and steal financial aid. The Education Department is now requiring ID verification to fight the surge in fraud.
These "ghost students," now running rampant in California and infiltrating other states, are deploying new deepfake technology to trick their institutional victims.
Fewer students are stopping out of college and 42 states recently saw increases in re-enrollment over the year prior, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
The current boom in online programs may be the alternative revenue stream colleges need amid declining international enrollment, changes in endowment taxes, and cuts to federal and state funding.
Wake Tech President Scott Ralls is seizing the momentum on CTE education by building career-focused pathways through upskilling and stackable credentialing.
When we build content to be accessible, we’re also building for mobile learners, for first-generation students, for working adults—for the full diversity of today’s student population.
