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Is an AI minor now required in college to be successful? Colleges are listening

August 20, 2026/

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Students are pursuing AI minors because every field they’re already in is being reshaped by the same tech transformation.

Purdue has approved an AI competency requirement for all undergraduates; Cornell’s AI minor is open to all undergraduates; Michigan launched a cross-disciplinary AI minor, currently available to students in several units.

BY SOREN KAPLAN


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