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On top of worries about enrollment, data security and staffing, new policies and scrutiny on higher education from the federal government have made risk audits and strategic planning more urgent than ever.
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A new large language model out of China purports to exceed ChatGPT's reasoning powers at a fraction of the cost. This reinforces artificial intelligence as the key technological frontier for education and other sectors.
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Farmworkers, who play a critical role in the nation’s food system, often live and work in remote areas of the country that are more likely to lack critical resources such as Internet access.
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As gov tech market expert Jeff Cook expected, the final quarter of 2024 was slow — though the year, overall, was notable. However, he also anticipates a major uptick in activity coming in the first quarter of 2025.
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President Donald Trump has said that his administration will look to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the nation’s foremost disaster response agency, or consider eliminating it entirely.
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The pace of innovation in fields such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity has made it more imperative than ever for colleges and universities to tailor their programs to the needs of emerging tech industries.
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The New York Daily News Editorial Board supports a proposed ban on smartphones in New York schools from bell to bell, given exemptions for special circumstances, because it will refocus students on what's important.
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School districts can use digital wallets to comply with regulations of student activity funds, which are raised by students and families to support clubs and athletic teams, while still allowing advisers to access them.
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Jeff Cook, a gov tech market expert with Shea & Company, looks back at an uneven year in gov tech and predicts a stronger year going forward — with a potential shift in the market’s most active sectors.
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Higher education institutions are more prepared for cyber attacks if they prioritize data security, categorize their data, maintain robust backups, and implement access controls and life cycle management processes.
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These funds can be key to breaking the innovation stalemate. In California, funding nimble, high-impact solutions can help replace inertia with action to modernize IT systems and deliver better services for the public.
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As generative AI continues to develop, one expert predicts that state and local government officials will use it as a virtual sandbox for test driving infrastructure changes, among other applications.
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Anyone who had a Walkman or Game Boy could attest that schools have been confiscating distracting devices for decades. It's common sense to do the same with smartphones, which are engineered to hold the user's attention.
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For colleges and school districts adopting artificial intelligence tools, a strong foundation of data maintenance will allow staff to make informed decisions about technology and avoid costly implementation errors.
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As artificial intelligence continues to transform how organizations handle data, government stands to benefit immensely, provided it is able to store and manage data in secure and cost-effective ways.
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Taking stock of things done and not done at the end of the year, IT leaders would do well to recognize the hard work and dedication of their staff, which at times goes forgotten or unnoticed.
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Mayor Randall Woodfin writes about how collaboration between cities helped shape the Birmingham Talks program, which was inspired by work in other cities that used tech to help children with language.
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While the work to introduce computer science concepts early in education is growing, accessible design should be a core component of the subject as students learn about web and mobile app development.
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In a 1936 address celebrating the 300th anniversary of higher education in America, Albert Einstein articulated a vision of education that's more achievable than ever through digital technology.
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To turn the disruption of generative artificial intelligence into an opportunity, higher education leaders should focus on four important variables: policy, principles, strategy and collaboration.
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From hornbooks to projectors, televisions, ARPANET and remote learning, history is full of technological innovations that changed education, and we have something to learn from them.
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