<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/business-today-ai-education-ubalt-mba-economics-class.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>05/03/2026</pubDate><title>Inside an MBA Economics Class</title><description>What if AI could provide personalized explanations? In Dr. Ting Zhang's economics class, they are.</description><author>Business Today</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/2000x1500-zhang-keerikkattil-feature.jpg" alt="Profile photo of Dr. Ting Zhang and MBA student Ranjith Keerikkattil"/></image><image-cap>Dr. Ting Zhang and MBA candidate Ranjith Keerikkattil</image-cap><quote>The goal is to transform students from passive consumers of AI outputs into skilled practitioners who know how to question, verify, and reason alongside these tools.</quote><quote-name>Ting Zhang</quote-name><quote-info>Professor of Economics</quote-info><tags><tag>AI</tag><tag>Faculty: Ting Zhang</tag><tag>Merrick School of Business</tag></tags></item>