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The Key Podcast

Ep. 194: In Defense of a Core Education With Andrew Delbanco

How the humanities can prepare students for jobs and help them lead richer lives.

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Blue Books Are Not the Answer to AI

Computer-based testing is a far better alternative.

By Armando Fox and Craig Zilles

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Faculty Learning & Assessment

Harvard to Tackle Grade Inflation With Cap on A’s

Students are worried about what a cap on top grades will mean for their GPAs and postcollege prospects. Faculty largely view the cap as long overdue.

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AI Is Not Replacing Learning—It’s Exposing Where Learning Was Thin to Begin With

Have we been assessing learning all this time, or just outputs?

By Xinyao Yi

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Opinion
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Accreditors Can Fix Grades

Accreditors are uniquely positioned to address grade inflation and issues of transcript quality.

By David Eubanks

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Quick Takes

ED Releases Recommendations to Reimagine IES

The Education Department has released recommendations on “reimagining” the Institute of Education Sciences, the central federal education data collection and...
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Tech & Innovation Artificial Intelligence

Agentic AI Can Complete Whole Courses for Students. Now What?

A young tech entrepreneur launched the tool Einstein this week, marketing it as a way to free students from busywork—and triggering robust faculty debate. Einstein’s creator says that was the whole point.

Faculty Learning & Assessment

Fear of Being Flagged by AI Detectors Drives Stress Among Students

Increased use of new technologies accompanied by rising fear of being accused of cheating, with many universities’ policies on what is acceptable still unclear, has students on edge.