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AI, Irreality and the Liberal Educational Project

Jacob Riyeff asks how higher education can achieve its aim of scrutinizing reality when students don’t even seem to recognize the irreality of AI outputs.

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On the Sensibility of Cognitive Outsourcing

A new study, “Your Brain on ChatGPT,” tells us less than the headlines suggest, Derek Bruff writes.

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What to a Political Science Teacher Is July 4?

A course on the contested meanings of the Declaration of Independence has never been more relevant—or more politically precarious, Jeffrey C. Isaac writes.

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Universities Need to Go Corporate

To preserve institutional autonomy and defend academic freedom, universities should exercise their powerful claims to corporate rights, Michael Banerjee writes.

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Democracy Lives in Our Daily Habits

Nurturing humility and listening skills in our classrooms and campus interactions can be a powerful tool for strengthening democracy, Sarah Stitzlein writes.

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Slaves to the Machine

For-profit players lead in building AI learning tools—but the history of ed tech points the way toward a different kind of future, Anne Trumbore writes.

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A Call for Historically Informed Decisions

Data-informed decision-making in higher ed should not just be about quantitative data, Lucian Bessmer writes.

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What Does It Mean to Redefine R-1?

Simplified metrics bring complicated consequences, G. Dale Wesson writes.