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Faculty Latest Targets of Big Tech’s AI-ification of Higher Ed
A new partnership between OpenAI and Instructure will embed generative AI in Canvas. It may make grading easier, but faculty are skeptical it will enhance teaching and learning.
Colleges Meet Just a Fraction of Demand for AI Training
“Huge potential” for higher education to tap into “massive pool of interested students,” report finds.
A Professor’s Dilemma
Knowing a student used AI is not the same as being able to prove it, Leonard Steinhorn writes.
Abrupt Pause, Unpause of Grants Doesn’t End NIH Funding Concerns
As senators object to President Trump’s proposal to gut the National Institutes of Health’s budget for next fiscal year, questions linger over what’s happening with the money it’s currently supposed to be doling out.
Making Service Visible
Asking faculty to submit a service portfolio could move the needle on “service slacking” and bring individual and institutional benefits, Beth Mitchneck writes.
Right-Leaning Faculty Likelier to Be ‘Hostile’ to Jews, Report Finds
On the other hand, non-Jewish faculty who identified as “extremely liberal” were more likely to be hostile to Israel, a survey found. But 90 percent of all non-Jewish faculty were hostile to neither Jews nor the country.
Test Analysis Worksheet Encourages Student Metacognition
A community college professor found that requiring students to complete a reflection exercise correlated with improved scores on the next exam.
This Summer, Make a Plan to Prepare Grad Students to Defend Academic Freedom
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill offers suggestions for a summer action plan.