Colleges Race to Ready Students for the AI Workplace — from wsj.com by Milla Surjadi (behind a paywall)
Non-techie students are learning basic generative-AI skills as schools revamp their course offerings to be more job-friendly

College students are desperate to add a new skill to their résumés: artificial intelligence.

The rise of generative AI in the workplace and students’ demands for more hirable talents are driving schools to revamp courses and add specialized degrees at speeds rarely seen in higher education. Schools are even going so far as to emphasize that all undergraduates get a taste of the tech, teaching them how to use AI in a given field—as well as its failings and unethical applications.


Speaking of AI, also see Educause’s Artificial Intelligence (AI)-related resources, which includes the following excerpt:

The Basics of AI in Higher Education