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I only play a historian on television, so I thought it would be useful to include some of my lively chats with real-life historians in this…

Before Clark Kerr was president of the University of California from 1958 to 1967, he was a faculty member working on a committee to evaluate colleagues…

March 7, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraudMainstream chatbots presented…

The UNC system Board of Governors has now defined academic freedom in its policies. Ryan Herron/iStock/Getty Images The University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted…

A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by researchers alleging that major corporate publishers colluded to control the publishing market, STAT News reported. Lucina…

Many doctoral students and early-career researchers do not feel empowered to report poor working conditions or supervisor misconduct.Credit: GettyWhen you spend enough years in academia, you…

Some universities have revised their retirement policies to open more positions for younger academics.Credit: Carl Court/GettyGaining a foothold in academia is becoming increasingly difficult. Early- and…

In the evolving landscape of higher education, centers and institutes dedicated to teaching and learning can no longer be viewed as optional support units; they have…

Credit: GettyWithin a couple of years of ChatGPT coming out, I had come to rely on the artificial-intelligence tool, for my work as a professor of…

In a recent podcast, Harvard president Alan Garber said some things about teaching that I found at best odd, and at worse pretty much nonsense, because…