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A writing professor’s new task in the age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle
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A writing professor describes navigating AI in higher education, neither banning it nor embracing it uncritically. Early classroom experiments revealed AI's errors and biases. Over time, she shifted from neutral observer to guide, asking students to write without AI so they can understand their own thinking first. Research shows AI use can improve short-term scores while hindering deeper learning. Her approach focuses on building student judgment about when AI helps versus when it undermines genuine intellectual development.
Colleges face a choice: Try to shape AI’s impact on learning, or be redefined by it
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Colleges are grappling with how AI is reshaping education beyond just plagiarism concerns. Most institutions leave AI policies to individual professors rather than adopting campus-wide rules. Faculty have largely shifted from banning AI to structuring its use, while reviving oral exams and live assessments to ensure genuine understanding. Business programs embrace AI most; humanities least. Few schools have comprehensive AI strategies, partly due to financial pressures and declining public trust. Educators warn that without deliberate institutional direction, AI may quietly redefine what learning means.