AI in Education + Voices of the Future Blog Launch

Should schools ban the use of AI tools like ChatGPT?

Jan 26, 2023

The Voices of America Scholarship is now inviting submissions on the following new prompt.

Round 6 - AI in Education:

Should schools ban the use of AI tools like ChatGPT?

In case you aren’t following the issue, read our blogpost here and an explainer here to get up to speed on the emerging disruption being caused by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the education space.

This issue is one that many students have told us they are really passionate and concerned about. AI technology truly has the potential to hugely impact the future of education and the future of work in seismic ways for today’s students. Please take a moment to respond to the prompt here and share your thoughts with the community on the issue.

Albion College Partnership Launched

We have just announced our first formal partnership with a University - Albion College. Albion is a private liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan. We have partnered with Albion’s School for Public Purpose and Professional Advancement (SPP) to provide an initial grant of $1,000 for a student who demonstrates a passion for engaging in political conversations and shaping the future direction of the country. All participants will also earn digital badges for completion of a collaborative engagement session for Albion.

If you want us to partner with your school to run an engagement session, please fill in this form and connect us with the Dean of Engagement / Students or a similar faculty member.

Voices of The Future - A Community Blog

We are excited to announce that our new co-created blog platform amplifying the voices of students on the issues that matter most to you is now accepting submissions on the topics we are covering in our prompts.

The platform is a co-created and student-led effort, so we are open to submissions in a number of forms on any of the topics we have covered so far, and more:

1. Short Takes - (250-word comments on a specific topic.) These will be included in co-created articles along with perspectives from other students.

2. Feature Article Pitches (a 250-word pitch on a specific topic.) This should outline an article or essay you’d like to submit of between 500-1000 words.)

3. Student Interview/Profiles (a 250-word intro) Tell us about yourself, what you are aiming to achieve, and we will feature you in a profile or interview as one of our Student Thought-Leaders.

The Voices of the Future Blog will be hosted here on Substack.

Note, contributions will all add to your overall score on Scholarship award assessments. (We will be formalizing a points system and leaderboard shortly so watch this space.)

In the News

MarketWatch also featured a release about our partnership with Albion College.

Aaron had a comment piece published in The Times and Democrat - New bipartisanship era

BattlePACS was featured on Startups To Follow on Helping Students Engage in Meaningful Discourse

Aaron was interviewed for a segment on Costs of Financial Illiteracy on NTD News - a New York-based, global television network.

Connect With Us

We are connecting with universities to support their students by giving them a voice and funding and running in-school Engagement Sessions. If you are (or know) an administrator, reach out to us at partnerships@battlepacs.com!

We are connecting with Students to create a new type of video series. If you have applied to the scholarship, reach out to us at scholarship@battlepacs.com to participate!

We are connecting with Corporations to support non-profit funding for students. If you know of an organization who would like to support the cause, reach out to us at partnerships@battlepacs.com!

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly anytime.

We look forward to continuing to work together to make higher education more accessible and affordable for all. Thank you again for your support and commitment to Voices of America, and we look forward to a big year in 2023.

Whatever your opinion, your voice matters!

All the best for 2023 from Prerit, Aaron and everyone here at BattlePACs!