Higher education must close AI skills gap to support inclusive innovation

Artificial intelligence may not automatically make higher education more equal, despite its expanding role in learning, research and innovation. A new study of 1,020 Chinese university students finds that family cultural capital still shapes students’ innovative capacity in the AI era, partly by influencing whether they develop the practical AI skills needed to turn ideas, information and academic opportunities into visible innovation outcomes. The study, titled “Family Cultural Capital and University Students’ Innovative Capacity in Higher Education: The Mediating Role of AI Literacy and Implications for Sustainable Development Goal 4,” was published in Sustainability. The paper shows that students’ family…