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Opinion

The Absurdity of Asynchrony

Robert Zaretsky worries that the expansion of asynchronous courses is not serving students well.

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Broadening the Divestment Debate Beyond ROI

Divestment debates shouldn’t be shut down by appeals to return on investment, Kelly Grotke and Stephen Hastings-King write.

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The Heat Is On

The University of All People is reallocating faculty office space, as David Galef explains.

Thank You, Doug Lederman

A moment to reflect on what IHE and the people who created it have meant to me and others.

ChatGPT-4o Shows ‘Friendly’ Behavior

The app initiates personalized conversations and offers responses without a prompt. This signals a shift toward agentic AI, where models act more like colleagues.

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Pluralism U

Eboo Patel asks, if the University of Chicago is the free speech university, which will be the pluralism university?

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What to Actually Look for in a Mentor

Contrary to a popular catchphrase, Evan D. Morris writes that students should seek mentors who look out for them—not just those who look like them.