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Can Intellectual Virtues Re-Energize Teaching?
Rebecca Vidra writes that she is thinking hard this summer about what it means to be an intellectually curious, humble and resilient teacher.
AI and Higher Ed: An Impending Collapse
Universities’ rush to embrace AI will lead to an untenable outcome, Robert Niebuhr writes.
Teaching Critiques in a Vexed Political Time
Talia Dan-Cohen considers implications for teaching critiques of power and expertise in a time of wild cross-pollinations across political lines.
Why I Teach in Prison
Don C. Sawyer III reflects on what the wider world doesn’t get to see.
We Can’t Ban AI, but We Can Friction Fix It
Faculty can do a lot to make it harder, and less enticing, for students to use generative AI, Catherine Savini writes.
Peer Instruction Doesn’t Help Underprepared Students
Peer support can increase students’ engagement in a course, but one study found that peer instruction didn’t result in better grades or content knowledge for learners.
One Inaccessible PDF at a Time
As one institution works to meet a federal deadline to make course content more accessible, Diana Theisinger outlines what she and her team have learned about instructor engagement and digital accessibility.
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.