Champlain College Partners with Anthropic to Advance Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

Collaboration to fuel workforce development in high-demand field of artificial intelligence

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Champlain College and Anthropic, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) safety and research, today announced a strategic collaboration to leverage Claude, Anthropic's state-of-the-art assistant, to advance AI in higher education and workforce development. This collaboration will support classroom innovations so Champlain College students develop the AI skills they need to thrive in the workforce.

As part of this collaboration:

• Champlain students, faculty and staff – on-campus and online – will have access to Claude Pro, Anthropic's AI assistant.
• Anthropic and Champlain faculty will collaborate on classroom projects that give students hands-on experience using AI to solve real-world problems.
• Anthropic and Champlain will collaborate on research as it relates to education, workforce development and economic prosperity.

"AI is changing what it means to be Ready for Work and, as a future-focused college, Champlain is giving students opportunities to use AI so they can hit the ground running when they graduate," says Champlain College president Alex Hernandez. "The Anthropic collaboration is fueling a new wave of innovations at Champlain College, giving us an opportunity to learn lessons that can benefit all higher education."

AI impacts nearly every college major and early collaboration projects range from business entrepreneurship to digital forensics and cybersecurity to the humanities. A digital forensics class is using Claude to document cybercrime investigations. A Champlain student research team is using AI to detect changes in the natural environment by analyzing sounds.

As one of Anthropic's first higher education collaborators, Champlain College will explore AI's implications for workforce development, including the human skills that set graduates apart in a technology-driven world.

Faculty, staff, and students will receive access to Claude Pro later this month. Anthropic will host "Claude 101" at Champlain College on Friday, March 28 in celebration of AI Literacy Day. This interactive workshop will introduce the Champlain community to Claude and equip attendees with essential skills to effectively leverage AI.

About Champlain College: Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, not-for-profit, private college in Burlington, Vermont. Champlain offers a residential undergraduate experience from its beautiful campus overlooking Lake Champlain. Additionally, Champlain College Online provides an expansive portfolio of online degrees and certificates, reaching students across all 50 states and U.S. territories, while fostering strategic partnerships with forward-thinking workforce organizations. The College is known for its distinctive and innovative approach to career-focused education and its Upside-Down Curriculum, which helps students be Ready for work, Ready for life, and Ready to make a difference. Champlain is ranked as one of the "Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report for 2025, and was named one of the "Best 390 Colleges" by The Princeton Review for 2025, including among its "Best Northeastern colleges." For more information, visit www.champlain.edu.

Champlain College Contact: Adam Dolge
240.855.7573 | [email protected]

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