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The Threat to University Patents

Regulatory uncertainty could freeze university-industry collaborations.

By Jonathan Stone

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Columns Learning Innovation

Featured Gig: Project Manager at U-M’s Center for Academic Innovation

Four questions for Angeline Boyes, associate director of project management.

By Joshua Kim

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Career Advice

10 Dos and Don’ts for Ph.D. Applications

Common mistakes can undermine your chances for admission.

By Rebekah Burroway

Opinion
Columns Just Visiting

Remembering Ken Bain, Mentor to Many

What the Best College Teachers Do is perhaps the most important book I’ve ever read.

By John Warner

Opinion
Columns Online: Trending Now

Transitioning to the Agentic University 2026–27

Most of us in higher education are now familiar with generative AI bots, where you formulate a prompt and get a reply. Yet, we are now beginning the advancement to agentic AI, the autonomous 24-7 project manager.

By Ray Schroeder

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The Next AI Wave: When Classrooms Become Courtrooms

Prepare for students to turn to AI tools to back up grade disputes.

By Paul Heddings

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Career Advice Teaching

5 Reasons Faculty Should Collect Class Data

It’s worth the extra effort.

By Keenan Hartert

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A Veterans Day Marked by Disinvestment in Student Veterans

Federal policy changes and cuts, and now the government shutdown, put veterans’ educational opportunities at risk.

By Emily Schwartz et al.