AI in Higher Education
Monday, 9 November 2026
What crossed the desk today, gathered from 58 sources.
Maths anxiety may be stopping students from learning useful AI and data skills
One of the most persistent misconceptions is that mathematics anxiety only affects weaker students.
New in AI: UChicago Rethinks Writing, EIU Students Want Faculty Rules
New in AI: UChicago Rethinks Writing, EIU Students Want Faculty Rules kathryn.palmer… Mon, 11/09/2026 - 03:00 AM Inside Higher Ed breaks down some of the latest developments regarding AI and ed tech on campus. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer
Employers want AI skills. Here’s how colleges are adding them without new hires.
Colleges agree AI belongs in the curriculum. The harder question: who will teach it?
AI can generate research themes. Can students defend them?
Higher education has spent considerable energy debating whether students use artificial intelligence to write papers. I believe an equally consequential question deserves attention: What happens when AI helps produce the findings those papers report? The post AI can generate research themes. Can students defend them?…
Turn any document into an AI classroom: hands-on with OpenMAIC
Sofia Almeida , AI Frontier Post , Nov 09, 2026 I haven't tried this - I don't have the AI tokens to spare - but the concept intrigues me (I tried the live demo but the credits disappeared quickly). " OpenMAIC turns a topic or a PDF into a full interactive classroom — AI teachers, classmates, a whiteboard, and quizzes…