Artificial Intelligence is playing a role in post-secondary education. Representatives from Kentucky’s Council on Post-Secondary Education recently testified that institutions across the state have begun to embrace AI to the fullest.
Travis Powell, executive vice president, general counsel at the CPE, said campuses are working to use the technology through their curriculum and research to ready students for AI enhanced workforces.
“CPE currently has a graduate profile that embeds ten essential skills into all our general education programs that employers are telling us they want, and we will be looking to see how AI fits into that as well,” said Powell. “If employers are asking that all their employees, regardless of the area, be up to speed on AI and being able to adapt to that as it changes the workforce, we want to make sure that we give them the tools in order to be successful in that way.”
The council plans to collaborate with the University of Kentucky and other institutions to focus on postsecondary education, collaboration, innovation, and leadership for AI augmentation and integration.
“WKU has a data science, business analytics, and A.I. generated education courses, as I mentioned. In the fall at NKU, they will begin all informatics degrees will include an AI portion of at least one course,” said Powell.
Officials said colleges and universities are also utilizing artificial intelligence to support advising, admissions, assessment, and student service. Chatbots, transcript readers, analytics, and Copilot are used on campuses across the Commonwealth. The University of Kentucky is using this resource to create tutoring using artificial intelligence.