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Opinion
Columns Just Visiting

Harvard Doesn’t Care About Students

I know, news flash, right?

By John Warner

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Opinion
Career Advice Teaching

Students as Conscientious Objectors to Generative AI

We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect.

By Carla Fehr and Jennifer Saul

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Opinion
Career Advice Teaching

Why That ‘It’s Not X—It’s Y’ Framing Is So Pernicious

AI teaches us to sound certain too soon.

By Sothy Eng

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Opinion
Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean

Fumbling Toward an AI Policy

You can pry my em dashes from my cold, dead hands.

By Matt Reed

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Opinion
Career Advice

How to Teach Hard Topics: What Students Say

Students want opportunities to learn—and process—difficult course content. They also need reason for hope.

By Paniz Mousavi Samimi and Teri C. Balser

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Opinion
Career Advice Teaching

Treat Your Students Like Scientists

Fixing the leaky pipeline depends on it.

By Kristi Rudenga

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Opinion
Career Advice Teaching

The Case for Uncertainty in Higher Ed

In a higher ed system that focuses on measurable outcomes and mastery, learning to dwell in doubt still matters.

By Robin Walter

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Opinion
Columns Just Explain It to Me!

Would You Prefer Rocks Over Higher Education?

Are you dumber than a rock? Why the arts, humanities and social sciences are the bedrock of society and why you couldn’t live without them.

By Kathy Johnson Bowles