Higher education leaders are already looking at how AI is transforming higher education — beyond the use of generative tools such as ChatGPT. In April, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board launched an assessment of AI activity at all community colleges and four-year universities in an effort to help prepare students, faculty and administrators for what’s on the horizon.
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How are schools looking to best prepare students and faculty for a changing workforce? Can AI help institutions find efficiencies in operations and allow faculty to focus more on teaching? Can AI be used to make learning more equitable or will it create further divides?
Join us at 12 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 at the University of Texas at Dallas for a conversation on what policies and programs are already in development, the challenges and opportunities AI presents for Texas schools, and how these institutions must evolve to keep up and respond to the ever-changing technology.Â
The event will be held at University of Texas at Dallas’ Davidson Gundy Alumni Center, 2501 Drive G, Richardson, TX 75080. Doors will open at 12 p.m. for lunch and the hourlong conversation will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Lunch will be provided by the Texas Tribune.
The conversation, moderated by the Tribune's interim chief product officer, Darla Cameron, includes Gopal Gupta, professor and co-director for the Center for Applied AI and Machine Learning for the Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas;Â
Igor Lucic, University of Houston student, previously studied AI at Houston Community College (the first Texas community college system to offer associate and bachelor's degrees in AI); and Snow White, director of educational sales at Intel.
This in-person event will be live streamed for virtual attendees and available to watch on demand at texastribune.org/events.
Email us at events@texastribune.org
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White is Intel’s director of education strategy for North America. With over 25 years working in the educational technology field, she considered an educational thought leader with expertise around digitally transformed learning environments and creating partnerships between education and industry. Her educational experience has included teaching in the classroom, owning her own K12 edtech company, curriculum development, influencing legislation supporting digital inclusion initiatives, and providing professional development and educational leadership consulting to schools internationally.
Darla Cameron is the interim chief product officer at The Texas Tribune. She guides product development and management, engineering and design, working closely across the organization to deliver the Tribune’s journalism in fresh and innovative ways that build trust with more Texans. Before May 2024, Darla was the managing editor for visual journalism, overseeing the work of the photo, multimedia and data visuals teams. Previously, she was the data visuals editor, leading a team of developers at the intersection of graphics and news applications. Before moving to Texas, Darla worked at The Washington Post and the Tampa Bay Times.
