This week, NCAA athletes compete in the Paris Olympics, the College Board discusses a shift in AP scoring, most graduates believe AI should be taught in college, and a network to nurture small-town and rural students expands.
There are 1,190 current, former, or incoming NCAA Varsity athletes competing at this summer’s Paris Olympic Games. The majority are competing for the United States, but countries such as Canada, Nigeria, and Spain are also well-represented. With 54 athletes, Stanford has the largest number of athletes competing.
The College Board shifted its AP scoring policies in 2022, and addressed the change publicly for the first time this week. Previously, scoring standards were set by a small panel of educators, but the new methodology, called evidence-based standard setting, uses larger data sets and input from hundreds of faculty members to set standards. The change in methodology has led to an increase in average student scores.
A recent survey found that most college graduates believe that generative artificial intelligence training should be incorporated into college courses. More than half of graduates felt unprepared for the workforce in terms of their facility with AI. Universities have generally been slow to incorporate generative AI into the classroom, with only 14 percent of professors saying they feel confident in their ability to use it in their teaching.
The Small Town and Rural Students College Network (STARS) has received a major donation, and will be doubling in size. The network is a coalition of universities that sends representatives to small-town high schools, and provides rural students with information and support to enroll in bachelor’s degree programs. The expansion reflects a general push to recruit rural learners, who are only half as likely to graduate from a selective college or university.
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