The Martin Center’s in-house library continues to grow, boasting over 900 books and journals as of this writing. Nevertheless, a higher-ed policy institute needs a constant infusion of new titles, … Continue reading “Ten Books We Want Under the Tree in 2024”
In a recent Handshake survey, 57 percent of participating college seniors said they “feel pessimistic about starting their careers.” Further, 68 percent are at least “somewhat stressed” about their futures, … Continue reading “College Seniors Don’t Have to Be Pessimistic About the Future”
In a recent Digital Education Council survey, 86 percent of college students said they “‘regularly’ used programs such as ChatGPT in their studies,” while over half of students claimed to … Continue reading “Let’s Train Students on AI”
Asked about chatbots in 2022, a colleague or professor may have replied, “Huh?” In 2024, however, AI-assisted chatbots are seemingly everywhere: embedded in social-media feeds, integrated into workflows, and visibly … Continue reading “Could the AI Evangelists Be Right?”
MIT SMR Connections, an “independent content creation unit within MIT Sloan Management Review,” recently published an AI “strategy guide” commissioned by Anthology, Inc. Anthology is perhaps not as recognizable as … Continue reading “An Unconvincing AI Tract”
Much ink has been spilled considering the problem of “artificial intelligence” in the college classroom. Yet less has been said about its use in the admissions office, where the fortunes … Continue reading “Get Ready for AI in the Admissions Office”
We learned about the complexities and mysteries of artificial intelligence, the uses of innovative statistical analyses that could improve policing, and the Confucian roots of Xi’s totalitarianism. We discussed the … Continue reading “A New Way to Hire Great Faculty”
Universities are continuing to navigate the challenges and opportunities posed by artificial-intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT. While many are wary of its power and capacity to enable student cheating, … Continue reading ““ChatGPT Is Really Helpful””
We are living through a period described by technologists as an “AI Boom” or “AI Spring.” A swift and impressive gain of function in generative artificial-intelligence systems (AI), made possible … Continue reading “Hacking the Humanities”
Will artificial intelligence become the greatest boon to higher education since online learning? (This assumes that online learning was a boon, which is a topic for another day.) Or will … Continue reading “ChatGPT Can Get Off My Lawn”