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Reading, Writing, and Thinking in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

These moves align with the ways experts organize and apply knowledge in their fields. While we certainly share these concerns, we do remain relatively optimistic about one aspect of higher education: learning to write. What gives us reason for hope comes down to how we define writing. an academic discipline), social worlds (e.g.,

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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects

Faculty Focus

We tested this theory by working with a client, Artists Alliance Incorporated, a non-profit arts organization in New York City, who needed to rebuild its web presence. In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators. So, how did the bots do?

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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat. Integrating the arts into STEM (“STEAM”) has been in discussion since at least 2010, when the Rhode Island School of Design helped pioneer it. But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education.

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Special Education Professor Taps into Technology, Grant Funding to Engage Students

Insight Into Diversity

She received GMU’s Teaching Excellence Award for Technology-Enhanced Teaching in 2016, the inaugural GMU Online Teaching Excellence Award in 2018, and the John Toups Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Teaching in 2023. Shown: A student uses a technology-based graphic organizer.

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Why Non-Traditional Learners Need the Liberal Arts—and Vice Versa

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For two decades, the gradual decline of the liberal arts degree has been met with both resignation and celebration. As higher education faces growing pressure to invest in academic programs that provide direct pathways to a career, many resource-strapped colleges have responded by making significant cuts to their liberal arts offerings.

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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

In an education industry often defined by promises of quick fixes to thorny problems, Benjamin consistently focused attention on enduring truths: that teaching is a human craft of both art and science; that learning is a social activity; and that the deeply complex work of teaching and learning is worthy, then, of great reverence and inquiry.

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Will College Pay Off in 2025?

Higher Education Inquirer

Winning Majors (For Now) STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), health, and business majors are the highest paying, leading to average annual wages of $37,000 or more at the entry level and an average of $65,000 or more annually over the course of a recipient’s career. And it depends on what you consider success.