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Now Is the Time to Plan and Prepare Your Students and Colleagues on Workplace AI

If ever there was a most important era in which we must emphasize discourse with our students, it is today. We are in the midst of major changes in our culture and society as a whole.

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University of Pennsylvania Now Enforcing Math Prerequisites

As college students’ math skills decline worldwide, Penn is verifying students’ readiness for advanced calculus and algebra courses.

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Opinion

Jason Arday’s Death Shouldn’t Affect Who Gets Hired Next

His story should not be used to further undermine efforts to diversify the faculty pipeline.

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Opinion

Valuing Black Studies Requires Valuing Black People. Few Institutions Do.

Defunding or altogether eliminating Black studies will surely exacerbate racialized persistence and experiential and student outcomes inequities on predominantly white campuses.

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The NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading.

Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.

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Opinion

Faculty Should Lead Way in Responding to Compact 2.0

No university should respond to Secretary McMahon’s letter without significant faculty involvement.

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MIT AI Report Calls for Alternative Grading, More Social Learning

Artificial intelligence is upending the MIT education, a committee has found. Students, instructors and administrators will need to revisit nearly every part of that experience to respond to it.