As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become more popular among students, edtech companies such as Chegg and Macmillan are adapting by integrating AI into their platforms to stay competitive. While some students embrace AI for efficiency, others and their professors express concern that overreliance could weaken critical thinking and academic integrity.
Facing enrollment declines and financial strain, Clark University plans faculty cuts and academic restructuring to stay afloat. The changes reflect broader challenges in higher education, including shrinking student pools, AI-driven job shifts and growing skepticism about college value.
When work-based learning is integrated directly into coursework, students don’t have to choose between learning and earning or between academic success and career readiness.
Throughout the 16 schools across the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, 68% of students showed signs of depression and 66% reported anxiety, says a new report. However, only 27% are in therapy.
OpenAI said it built study mode in collaboration with teachers, scientists, education experts and students who participate in its ChatGPT Lab, which is where cohorts of college students share how they are using OpenAI’s tools.
Students are investing in their futures. Colleges and universities must align curriculum with workforce realities and bring in outside expertise where it counts.
