Federal officials argue that capping graduate loans will pressure postgraduate programs to rein in tuition and shrink the nation's trillion-dollar student debt load.
Pacific University and Willamette University, two of the oldest private institutions in Oregon, signaled plans to merge and become the University of the Northwest.
A veteran professor says students are increasingly using AI-crafted emails and mental-health claims to seek last-minute grade boosts. She argues the formulaic appeals feel manipulative and reflect a shift away from genuine academic engagement.
Across the country, universities are adding AI-focused courses, launching new majors, and retraining professors to prepare students for a world where algorithms handle the grunt work and humans provide the judgment.
Our own active practice of such freely chosen "deliberate amateurism" might help inspire in our students a love for lifetime learning and the world readiness that comes with it.
