Category: Teaching
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Academic Freedom in Teaching Institutions: A Student-Centric Approach
The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. Academic freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research. Freedom in research is fundamental to the advancement of truth. Academic freedom in its teaching aspect is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the teacher… Read more
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The Elusive Goal of AI Equity
Both users and observers of AI are rightly concerned about bias in AI. Recent research clearly indicates that this bias exists and has detrimental effects. Cem Delgemadi, an analyst at AIMultiple, points out two types of AI bias: 1) cognitive bias, in which AI programmers or trainers introduce their own personal biases into an LLM,… Read more
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The Plagiarism Arms Race: Five Strategies for Higher Education
Policing plagiarism has always been something of a whack-a-mole game. Knock it down in one spot, and it only shows up somewhere else. What we call plagiarism in higher ed today has been around as long as there has been writing. But it hasn’t always been considered plagiarism. All serious readers of the Christian scriptures… Read more
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Are Students Customers? Addressing the Customerization of Higher Education
Students should be more than customers, but never less. Read more
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Textbook Costs: Is The Tide Turning?
Textbook costs have soared, with prices increasing at triple the inflation rate since the 1980s, and now average around $105 per book. Students and faculty faced limited options in combating rising costs until the digital age introduced new resources and shopping strategies. Today, monopolized by a few major publishers who push costly digital access, the… Read more
