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How to Get Actionable AI Data at Your Institution

Chris Hausmann writes that colleges, divisions and departments need to be collecting their own data on students’ AI usage.

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Assessing the ACT Changes

Changes to the ACT raise questions about the choice to make the test shorter, easier and less time-pressured.

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The Politicized Governing Board

The transformation of one public university’s governing board is an alarming instance of increasing political interference in higher ed, Tim Gibson, Bethany Letiecq and James Finkelstein write.

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Scientists Owe Taxpayers Comprehensible Science

Funding agencies should require publication of plain-language summaries, Amanda N. Weiss writes.

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How to Better Justify Intercollegiate Athletics

Lou Matz writes that colleges should consider a competitive sports major akin to majors in dance and music.

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Rethinking Student Engagement

Students have changed, and instructors should reconsider their assumptions about what engagement means, Mary C. Kern and Terri R. Kurtzberg write.

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Survivability Is Not Sustainability 

The existential question of institutional survivability may mask more important questions about sustainability and mission, Mark La Branche writes.

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Why Aren’t College Grads ‘Job-Ready’?

Patrick J. Casey argues that the reluctance to enforce deadlines and other workplace norms is not serving students well.