Contrary to common stereotypes, seniors’ digital savvy is surging. New research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick suggests one reason why: digital tools are essential for development and maintenance of age-friendly initiatives – programs and policies designed to support and include older adults.

“Our paper calls attention to the fact that technology is critical to making aging-related changes to our societies,” said Natalie E. Pope, a doctoral candidate at the Rutgers School of Social Work and coauthor of the study published in the journal Innovation in Aging. “That includes both how older adults interact with technology, and how we, as people who care about aging, use technology in our work.”

University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies scholars Pamayla E. Darbyshire, DHA, MSN/CNS, and Carl Beitsayadeh, MS, have published the article, “Enhancing Student Success through GAI and Predictive Analytics,” in International Journal for Educational Media and Technology. The conceptual paper proposes a theoretically grounded 16-stage framework for integrating generative artificial intelligence and predictive analytics into a unified, closed-loop support system for online higher education.

Ambitious educational public policies have the capacity to cushion the role of the "genetic lottery" in people's life chances. This is one of the main conclusions of a scientific study by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), and Stockholm University (Sweden) analyzing the impact of an educational reform in England. These findings could be applied to the design of future educational policies.

Conventional wisdom says the best predictions are the ones that minimize mistakes. 

New research suggests that is not necessarily how people see it. 

A study published in the INFORMS journal Management Science found that when people make or evaluate predictions, they care more about the possibility of being exactly right than about reducing the size of potential errors. In many cases, people prefer predictions that increase the chance of a perfect outcome, even if doing so creates a greater risk of larger mistakes. 

Breaking up with a loved one is often a painful life experience, one that is difficult to recover from. Researchers from SWPS University, however, suggest that a simple step can help. Writing down the story of a past relationship increases the effectiveness of thinking about the past and future in close relationships. It is also associated with a better understanding of the causes of relationship breakdown, they write in the prestigious journal PLOS One.