1/5 of income ▪ Value of the Humanities ▪ LLMs
Higher Ed
WORLD: 1,193 universities already committed to net-zero emissions
AFRICA: How to pay back home country for breaking studying abroad rules🔒
BULGARIA: 5,000 UK students in Bulgarian universities due to low tuition fees
GERMANY: Language dissuades int’l scholars from pursuing professorships🔒
PHILIPPINES: 30% of HE students drop out before completing studies🔒
PORTUGAL: HE hits record student numbers, but faces decline
SOUTH KOREA: Generative AI sparks university-industry partnerships
UKRAINE: Russian invasion caused drop in research, 17% of researchers left🔒
UNITED KINGDOM: 1/5 of univs’ income from int’l students, agent dependency
UNITED STATES: Blueprint for non-competitive internationalization of HE
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DESIGN: Creating images with Gen AI consumes energy like charging phone
MARKETING: Analytical marketers should develop predictive AI capabilities
SEARCH: How unscrupulous SEOs get rich by spamming the internet
TECHNOLOGY: Text-to-image AI models among 10 breakthrough tech of 2023
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LEARNING: I teach the Humanities, and I still don’t know what their value is🔒
POLICY: Affordability crisis behind push to lower migration, student mobility
RECRUITMENT: Admissions offices need less ‘drudgery.’ Is AI the answer?🔒
RESEARCH: Remote collaboration leads to less innovative science – study🔒
TECHNOLOGY: LLMs might achieve human-like competence, says Pinker
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