Gemini for Education has gained a lot of traction, with over 1,000 higher education institutions in the United States officially incorporating it into their academic and administrative frameworks. Gemini for Education, built on the world’s leading learning model, is available to more than 10 million higher education students in the United States. It features enterprise-grade data protections and Guided Learning, which helps students understand the underlying concepts rather than just providing answers. For schools not yet utilizing Gemini for Education, there’s good news: all accredited higher education institutions can access Gemini for Education with data protections, free of charge.
We believe that providing a solid training infrastructure is crucial, in addition to having access to our most powerful technology. Last month, we launched the Google AI for Education Accelerator, an initiative that offers free AI training and Google Career Certificates to every college student in the U.S.
See how top higher education institutions are using Google AI tools and training to transform education.
San Diego State University
One of the first California state universities to fully embrace Google was SDSU. Today, they have campus-wide deployment of Gemini and NotebookLM. It makes professors happy because it saves them time and helps students right away. Dr. says, “It’s like having a teaching assistant that the students can go to when the teacher is not available when you have a class of 200 or 300 people.”
SDSU Anthropology Professor Elisa Sobo University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System — with ten campuses and 50,000 students — partnered with Google to offer Google AI Essentials, a free five hour training that teaches students and faculty how to use AI responsibly. “Providing this AI training is a valuable opportunity for our community to develop in-demand AI skills and stay ahead in today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape,” says Wendy Hensel, president of the University of Hawaii system.
Indiana University
AI fluency is now an expectation shared by all members of Indiana University’s (IU) community. Every student, faculty and staff member has access to Gemini in a safe, IU-protected environment, and through their GenAI 101 course they are learning how to build and apply Gems. Learners are already creating study companions that quiz and coach them, workflow tools that automate complex tasks, and role-play scenarios that prepare them for leadership conversations, transforming how they learn and work. “This isn’t just about experimenting with AI. It’s about preparing tens of thousands of Hoosiers to lead in a world where AI will shape every discipline,” says Anne Leftwich, Associate Vice President for Learning Technologies and Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology.
University of Maryland
In a graduate finance class, students are using Google’s AI suite, including Gemini, NotebookLM and AI Studio, to reimagine credit risk analysis. They developed a tool that is capable of rating the effectiveness of credit risk management across financial institutions. Over the course of two years, they used AI to process a large amount of public data from 40 banks and 17 fintechs. “This project underscores AI’s capacity to distill profound insights from quantitative and complex qualitative data, revolutionizing financial analysis,” says Dr. V. Clifford Rossi, Academic Director, Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium, University of Maryland.
John Jay College
John Jay College collaborated with Google.org and DataKind on a predictive AI model to identify students most at risk of dropping out. Using 75 indicators, including attendance patterns and grade variations, the AI model creates a risk score for every student. Based on the score, the school can offer one-on-one coaching and support before the student faces trouble. After implementing the tool, senior graduation rates at John Jay rose from 54% to 86% in three years, an increase nearly unheard of in higher education.
State University of Arizona Working with Google Cloud AI, the Knowledge Enterprise team at Arizona State University can scale quickly and support many types of research needs, including big data analytics, complex simulations and machine learning models. Using Google Cloud AI, ASU was able to predict enrollment four times more accurately, resulting in a 52 percent increase in online registrations and an acceleration of information sharing and collaboration between ASU researchers and partner organizations.
