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title: Student life changes
author: Brünner, Ebner, Schön, Hoffmann, Ortner, Leitner
date: 2026-10-09
url: https://postgenerative.at/indications/2026-10-09/1-student-life-changes
lang: en
type: Indication
summary: "Nagler, Mayr et al. (2026): over 14,000 incoming TU Graz students, 2011-2025."
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher education
sources:
  - title: "Nagler, W.; Mayr, B.; Ebner, M.; Schön, S.; Bruenner, B. (2026): Digital Equipment Evolution and IT Activity of TU Graz study beginners (2011-2025): Challenges of Tablet and AI Dominance for University Digital-Sovereignty Initiatives. Proceedings of EdMedia 2026 Edinburgh, pp. 119-129. AACE, Waynesville, NC."
    url: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/2129631/
  - title: "MIT Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training (2026): AI and Education: Report of MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, final report, 13 August 2026."
    url: https://aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/
translatedBy: Brünner, Ebner, Schön, Hoffmann, Ortner, Leitner
license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
alternate:
  de: https://postgenerativ.at/indizien/2026-10-09/1-studienalltag-veraendert
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# Student life changes

Nagler, Mayr et al. (2026): over 14,000 incoming TU Graz students, 2011-2025. More AI and tablets, less Wikipedia and open source. Digital sovereignty becomes a challenge. MIT (2026) issues a call to action: only 25 % of surveyed students feel well prepared for AI.

*Indication 01 of the poster “Post-Generative – A concept for our present” (9 October 2026).*