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Higher Education’s Forgotten Aim
The misguided priorities of the contemporary university.
The Scholar-Magician
Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Grafton’s Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.
Using AI to Help Students Teach in Order to Learn
By changing ChatGPT’s system prompt, we can create content misunderstandings that students can correct, write Joel Nishimura and Anna Cunningham.
The Long Shadow of May 4, 1970
The lessons of Kent State should not go unremembered, Todd Diacon writes.
I’m Chairing My First Dissertation. What Do I Do?
Many faculty members moving into a position that requires guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process have no blueprint, writes Ramon B. Goings.
A ‘Universities on Fire’–Inspired Reading List
A list of books and reviews on climate change and higher education.
Student Activism as a Catalyst for Institutional Reflection
How recent protests are redefining educational priorities, policies and practices.
No Country for Israeli Academics
Atar David writes that he no longer sees a place for himself, or other Israeli scholars, in U.S. academe.