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I’m hoping everyone working in higher education is aware of the recent events at Texas A&M, where a student recording of an exchange with an instructor…

The co-founders who sold their last startup Anchor to Spotify are launching their next project: Oboe, an AI-powered educational app that enables anyone to create lightweight,…

Approximately 65 percent of the 1.2 million active-duty service members in the U.S. armed forces have less than an associate degree level of education, according to 2023 data;…

August 29, 20253 min readStudent AIs Pick Up Unexpected Traits from Teachers through Subliminal LearningAI can transfer strange qualities through seemingly unrelated training—from a love of…

Over the past decade, local newsrooms have been disappearing from the U.S., leaving communities without a trusted information source for happenings in their region. But a…

On Aug. 12, senior learning designer Heather Hans posted on LinkedIn, After 7 years of service with a great team, I’ve been laid off from Duke, like…

On a recent vacation in the southwest portion of Ireland, as I was slogging away, trying to get the bicycle I was peddling up a reasonably daunting hill,…

One of the highlights of my first three years as a literature professor at MIT—and indeed, of my 15-year career as an educator—has been the recent…

Whenever I write something halfway decent (sometimes) or astoundingly dumb (often), I can count on a thoughtful response from Bob Ubell. Our conversation took place during…

Imagine knowing that the stock market will likely crash in three years, that extreme weather will destroy your home in eight or that you will have…