Students are arriving on campus less prepared for college-level reading than in previous generations—a trend that has only accelerated with the rise of AI.
For years, the college essay prompts have asked for a far too familiar story: a challenge you overcame, a person who shaped you, a belief you challenged and so on.
The liberal arts have never been about accumulating isolated bodies of knowledge. They have been about helping students recognize relationships among ideas.
Administrators can no longer rely on standard scientific benchmarks to receive critical higher education research funding. Here is what will change on the university grant writer's desk.