By adopting these best practices, colleges can create more supportive and equitable environments that significantly improve student persistence, completion rates, and ultimately, success in their academic and career goals.

The first ten minutes are essential to the success of the course. Convince your students that this is the most exciting thing you can imagine. That you would rather be here, with them, than anywhere else, doing anything else. Let them know you are there for them. Together, you will have this great adventure.

…this strikes at the insidious nature of ageist discrimination. That question comes with the assumption that the successful candidate will be younger. Yes, that is ageist language.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is significantly transforming higher education, leading to a profound evolution in the role of educators. This shift moves beyond traditional teaching, demanding that faculty adapt their methods, embrace new assessment strategies, and become facilitators of AI literacy and ethical use.

As an educator, linking strategies to pedagogical goals reinforces the idea that AI-resistant assignments are fundamentally about designing for better human learning, rather than just avoiding academic dishonesty.

Our true mission as educators is to demonstrate how to live and work with integrity, how to navigate a complex world with sound judgment, and how to approach our own learning journey with a sense of wonder and deliberation.

The history of political science in the 20th and 21st centuries can be read as a slow retreat from the Athenian ideal of the zoon politikon—the political animal deeply embedded in the civic life of the polis—toward a model of the citizen as a peripheral spectator. This is a fundamental challenge of our time: that […]

The resilience of the American democratic experiment is currently tested not merely by the visible fractures of partisan polarization or the gridlock of institutional sclerosis, but by a more insidious force: the systemic compression of time and the aggressive commodification of human attention.

This article provides a summary treatment of the benefits of engaging with computer-based flight simulators, such as X-plane™ or Microsoft Flight Simulator™, for older adults. These highly complex and immersive virtual environments offer a uniquely potent and multi-modal form of cognitive training that extends far beyond simple entertainment.

Consider the practice of packing every curriculum and every course full to the brim with content every academic term. Research in higher education suggests that there is a conflict between content coverage (the efficiency model) and deep learning (the effectiveness model). Efficiency and effectiveness are not mutually exclusive. Both are essential components to a robust […]

The most striking finding from this research is the role of the human instructor in this interaction. Students who used GenAI with the support of a teacher showed dramatically compared to those who used the tools without any professional guidance.

For faculty development researchers and consultants, the integration of GenAI requires a proactive and structured approach to professional development. This involves moving beyond a focus on academic integrity and plagiarism to a broader emphasis on AI literacy and assessment innovation. Faculty members need support in redesigning their courses to incorporate these tools in ways that enhance rather than undermine the learning process.

This evolution is shifting the focus of higher education from the final product to the learning process itself. Educators increasingly believe that the way a student navigates a problem—revealed through their sequence of questions and the logic of their prompts—is a far better indicator of mastery than a completed essay. This transition ensures that the human remains the essential ethical gatekeeper and creative director in the human-AI partnership.

The core purpose of this course is to shift the narrative from apprehension to empowerment. By validating faculty concerns while simultaneously presenting a forward-looking perspective, we hope to establish trust and encourage engagement. The program will demonstrate how solutions extend beyond mere policing, focusing instead on designing assignments and assessments that are inherently robust against AI misuse, while simultaneously preparing students for a future where AI is an integral part of their professional lives.

This professional development course reframes our relationship with GenAI from one of opposition to one of strategic partnership. At the core of this effort is the Human-AI Collaboration Paradigm.