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Grand Canyon University Clears Key Hurdle to Open Christian Law School Next Fall

Brian Mueller, the university’s president, said it’s important that future lawyers understand how the Bible “undergirds” American society.

4 Ways Colleges Are Rethinking Degree Completion

New institutional initiatives and research highlight ways to help transfer students, returning learners and other students navigate college.

Universities Are on an AI Philosopher Hiring Spree

Artificial intelligence is raising existential questions about knowledge and humanity—and creating exploding demand for philosophy professors equipped to investigate them.

Campus Tours Have Never Been Bigger

As it becomes increasingly evident that getting a student to visit campus is one of the best ways to convince them to enroll, colleges are overhauling their tours.

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What Can One English Course Actually Teach?

The rise of AI should force my profession to be honest.

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What Knot to Do: Academia Needs More Dyslexic Thinkers and Mentors

Doctoral students should be allowed to pursue multimodal research in lieu of the traditional written dissertation.

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How NCTE Effectively Shut Down AI Resistance, Before Shutting Down CCCC

The National Council of Teachers of English leadership delayed and obstructed our efforts to produce two critical resources on generative AI in the months leading to the dismantling of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

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‘Kids These Days Are So Sensitive’ and Other Misconceptions About Gen Z

Developmental psychologist Alexis Redding answers questions about college student mental health, generational gaps and what is really (or really isn’t) different between our lived experiences.

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Pruning

Yes, even small programs incur costs.

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The Superintelligence Force: A Moment to Reconsider the Pace and Nature of AI

In a remarkable period of intense development of powerful artificial intelligence capabilities, leaders in the industry have called for a modest level of oversight to ensure safety and provide protections against misuse and abuse of the power of AI.

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The Surprising Upside to a Classroom Full of Distracted Students

I spent months sitting in the back of an undergraduate lecture hall. Here’s what I overheard and saw on students’ screens.

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How to Save the Take-Home Essay by Making the Writing Process Visible

AI-detection scores are a black box. But a writing process visualizer lays the groundwork for rich conversations about AI and writing.

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Forget ‘Work-Life Balance’

It’s the wrong framework—and it may be quietly harming us.

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Apprenticeships: Learning at Work

Apprenticeships predate the modern university by centuries. But as concerns about both college costs and value mount, many higher ed institutions are looking to apprenticeships—all of which involve earning while learning—as affordable, efficient pathways for learners seeking reliable, well-paying careers in everything from nursing to cybersecurity. In the process, they’re reimagining the interplay between higher ed and the workforce and developing fresh ways to deliver experience and credentials of value. Inside Higher Ed’s multipart series, produced with support from Ascendium, explores the people, places and programs shaping the new era of apprenticeships.