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How student loans impact workers’ long-term career choices

Fast Company Tech

Student loan debt has an influence over borrowers career choices long after graduation, affecting their job satisfaction, career advancement, and investment strategies. Furthermore, while 18% of public sector employees without student loan debt report low work morale, the proportion jumps to 23% among borrowers.

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How AI is reshaping student writing

Fast Company Tech

Im a writing professor who sees artificial intelligence as more of an opportunity for students, rather than a threat. They worry that students are simply using it out of sheer laziness or, worse, to cheat. Perhaps thats why so many students are afraid to admit that they use ChatGPT. No one raised their hand.

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College Students Are Sprinkling Typos Into Their AI Papers on Purpose

Futurism

To bypass artificial intelligence writing detection , college students are reportedly adding typos into their chatbot-generated papers. In a wide-ranging exploration into the ways AI has rapidly changed academia, students told New York Magazine that AI cheating has become so normalized, they're figuring out creative ways to get away with it.

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Sal Khan’s new Dialogues program teaches students how to have civil, thoughtful discussions

Fast Company Tech

But a second nonprofit he founded, called Schoolhouse , focuses on connecting students with their peers for human-centered educational interactions. Now, through a pilot with the College Board, these tutors also help students prepare for the SATs. After each conversation, students complete surveys reflecting on their experiences.

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Student Researcher Freed From Cave After Becoming Stuck Three Miles Underground

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Three miles into an overnight research trip through an expansive Tennessee cave, a Vanderbilt student fell so ill he was unable to return, prompting a massive rescue effort from first responders. Once a medical team met with the student, they rendered aid and plotted a course out, maintaining contact with the surface crew via a wired phone.

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Creative Event Ideas To Get Students Involved In Your Nonprofit

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Students are bursting with potential. Nonprofit activities shape the students, teaching them valuable skills, helping them foster empathy, and connecting them to causes that matter. Creating student-friendly events taps into this potential. Students bring unmatched creativity, enthusiasm, and perspective to nonprofits.

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Columbia Student Kicked Out for Creating AI to Cheat, Raises Millions to Turn It Into a Startup

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I read the student handbook quite thoroughly before I actually started building this thing, because I was ready to burn bridges with Amazon, but I didnt actually expect to get expelled at all," the youthful tech founder told podcast host Kevin Roose. And the student handbook very explicitly doesnt mention anything about academic resources."

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