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College students are using artificial intelligence\u2013powered tools more than ever, but many prefer getting guidance on how to use them from informal sources\u2014such as YouTube tutorials, according to a report Jobs for the Future published Thursday. <\/p>\n
The nonprofit partnered with the market research firm AudienceNet late last year to survey 3,020 people aged 16 and older about how workers and learners perceive, use and experience the impacts of AI at work, in education and in career navigation. According to the survey, 70\u00a0percent of learners said they use AI on a daily or weekly basis for their education, compared to 59\u00a0percent in 2024; 69\u00a0percent said that AI tools are incorporated into their lessons or training, up from 57\u00a0percent in 2024. <\/p>\n
The most common education-related use for the technology in 2025 was completing assignments more efficiently (44\u00a0percent), followed by enhancing learning and understanding (38\u00a0percent), exploring additional learning resources (36\u00a0percent), and gaining access to AI-driven tutoring or assistance (35\u00a0percent). In 2024, enhancing learning and understanding was the most common use, cited by 45\u00a0percent of respondents. <\/p>\n
Many colleges are responding to the uptick in use by providing more formal, helpful guidance, according to the survey. In 2024, 69\u00a0percent of learners said they received AI training from their educational or training institution, compared to 47\u00a0percent in 2024. And 35\u00a0percent of those learners said those trainings were highly effective, compared to 15\u00a0percent in 2024. <\/p>\n
But student experiences with AI use training vary widely depending on where they\u2019re enrolled. According to the survey, 31\u00a0percent of learners said their institution fully permits the use of AI, 11\u00a0percent said their institution bans AI use entirely and 13\u00a0percent said they do not know their institution\u2019s AI policy.<\/p>\n
Despite increased institutional training offerings, more students prefer using informal channels to find out information about using AI. According to the survey, 48\u00a0percent of learners used social media, 38\u00a0percent used news articles and 30\u00a0percent asked friends and family for help. Meanwhile, 23\u00a0percent sought information from a school or training program, workforce board or career center, and 8\u00a0percent did so at conferences. <\/p>\n
Learners who want to get more familiar with AI tools also reported taking a self-directed approach: 46\u00a0percent said they experimented on their own, 44\u00a0<\/strong>percent used <\/strong>YouTube or informal courses, 43\u00a0percent enrolled in a paid college or university course, and 31\u00a0percent took a free local course. <\/p>\n \u201cLearners are not sitting on the sidelines of the AI transition. They are actively experimenting, adapting, and integrating these tools into their educational experiences,\u201d Ben Pring, vice president of JFF\u2019s Center for Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work, said in a new release. \u201cBut increased use does not automatically translate into increased efficacy. If schools, higher education institutions, and training providers want to realize AI\u2019s potential to enhance learning and expand economic opportunity, they must build trust, provide clear guidance, and ensure that AI augments relationships and classroom experience for both learners and educators.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" College students are using artificial intelligence\u2013powered tools more than ever, but many prefer getting guidance on how to use them from informal sources\u2014such as YouTube tutorials, according to a report Jobs for the Future published Thursday. The nonprofit partnered with the market research firm AudienceNet late last year to survey 3,020 people aged 16 and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[535,205,204,678],"class_list":{"0":"post-47219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-education","8":"tag-college","9":"tag-media","10":"tag-social","11":"tag-students"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}