{"id":200006,"date":"2026-03-28T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/arkansas-tech-preparing-for-new-academic-track-in-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:25:15","slug":"arkansas-tech-preparing-for-new-academic-track-in-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/arkansas-tech-preparing-for-new-academic-track-in-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Tech Preparing for New Academic Track in AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansastechnews.com\/arkansas-tech-preparing-for-new-academic-track-in-ai\/\">Arkansas Tech Preparing for New Academic Track in AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansastechnews.com\/arkansas-tech-preparing-for-new-academic-track-in-ai\/\">https:\/\/www.arkansastechnews.com\/arkansas-tech-preparing-for-new-academic-track-in-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-28 07:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.arkansastechnews.com\">www.arkansastechnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Introduction of Artificial Intelligence Track<\/strong>: Arkansas Tech University is launching an AI track as part of its Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, starting in fall 2026.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Industry Demand<\/strong>: The new program is introduced to meet the growing demand for AI and machine learning specialists in various sectors, including healthcare, finance, manufacturing, education, and transportation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Vision<\/strong>: Students like Logan Dawson and Juan Jose Almaraz see AI as a tool for innovative progress, similar to the calculator\u2019s positive impact on mathematics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI Curriculum and Ethics<\/strong>: Dr. Robin Ghosh will lead AI courses incorporating both technical education and ethical considerations, including electives for IT and cybersecurity students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI as a Job Market Tool<\/strong>: The program aims to prepare students for data science roles and to leverage AI for problem-solving and innovation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public vs Expert Views on AI<\/strong>: The Pew Research Center study shows that while only 17% of the public see a positive future for AI, 56% of AI experts hold that optimistic outlook.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student Perspective on AI&#8217;s Role<\/strong>: Students emphasize that AI should be seen as a useful tool rather than a threat to employment, highlighting the importance of education to use it effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas Tech Preparing for New Academic Track in AI https:\/\/www.arkansastechnews.com\/arkansas-tech-preparing-for-new-academic-track-in-ai\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-28 07:38:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arkansastechnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Arkansas-Tech-University-Artificial-Intelligence-Feature-March-2026-1000.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-200006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200008,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200006\/revisions\/200008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}