Maricopa Community Colleges Adopts Platform to Combat Student Application Fraud In an effort to secure its admissions and financial processes, Maricopa Community Colleges has partnered with A.M. Simpkins and Associates (AMSA) to implement the company’s S.A.F.E (Student Application Fraudulent Examination) …

AI-Focused Data Security Report Identifies Cloud Governance Gaps Excessive permissions and AI-driven risks are leaving cloud environments dangerously exposed, according to a new report from Varonis, a data security and analytics specialist. The company’s 2025 State of Data Security Report, …

Google Reimagines Search with AI Mode About a year after launching AI Overviews in its flagship search offering, Google has announced broad availability of AI Mode in Search. [Click on image for larger view.] CEO Sundar Pichai Introduces the Rollout …

Faculty Need Training, Time, and Tools to Make Course Content Accessible, Survey Finds In a recent survey by Anthology, only one in five faculty (22%) said they consistently consider accessibility when designing course materials. And just 11% felt they had …

Report: 93% of Students Believe Gen AI Training Belongs in Degree Programs The vast majority of today’s college students — 93% — believe generative AI training should be included in degree programs, according to a recent Coursera report. What’s more, …

National U Launches Student Support Hub for Non-Traditional Learners National University has launched a new student support hub designed to help online and working learners balance career, education, and family responsibilities as they pursue their education. Called “The Nest,” the …

University of Pittsburgh Partners with AWS on Cloud Innovation Center The University of Pittsburgh is teaming up with Amazon Web Services to establish a new Cloud Innovation Center focused on health sciences and sports analytics. The project aims to “leverage …

Survey: Generative AI Surpasses Cybersecurity in 2025 Tech Budgets By John K. Waters 05/13/25 Global IT leaders are placing bigger bets on generative artificial intelligence than cybersecurity in 2025, according to new research by Amazon Web Services (AWS). …

Report: Identity Has Become a Critical Security Perimeter for Cloud Services A new threat landscape report points to new cloud vulnerabilities. According to the 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report from Fortinet, while misconfigured cloud storage buckets were once a prime …

AWS Updates AI Offerings with Amazon Nova Premier, Llama 4, Anonymous User Q Business Chatbots Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made a number of AI moves to maintain its position alongside fellow cloud giants Microsoft and Google. New developments include: …