Artificial Intelligence
Higher education is going through a structural shift that is happening faster than most institutions want to admit. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how professional work gets done, and the students showing up on campuses today no longer resemble the ones the college system was designed to serve.
For much of the last century, higher education was organized around a clear picture of how education fit into a student’s life. Students arrived from high school, enrolled full time, moved through general education into a major, and graduated into a profession. Institutions built themselves...
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Stepping into the world of virtual reality is easy at Merced College’s Dreamscape Learn virtual reality (VR) lab. Students strap in and explore an intergalactic wildlife sanctuary, feeling the wind as their pod navigates the refuge and encountering extraterrestrial creatures. Or, they might shrink down to the size of a molecule and travel through the intricate structures of a human cell. At the VR lab, students don’t just read about science—they experience it.
Merced College is pioneering this revolutionary approach to education as one of the first California Community Colleges to implement...
