> How Black Studies departments are being dismantled at American colleges. https://lithub.com/how-black-studies-departments-are-being-dismantled-at-american-colleges/
FTA: “The most dangerous threat to Black studies right now is not coming from the federal government,” he writes. “It is coming from institutions that have decided, in advance, that accommodation is the same thing as survival.”
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“If higher education is about gaining new knowledge and sharpening critical thinking skills and contributing to scholarly conversations, students are actively neglecting these things when they use AI,” said Benison, who doesn’t use generative AI at all. “There’s rhetoric about inevitability and not being left behind, but there’s more value in rediscovering why human intelligence is so valuable. I don’t think we’re being left behind by refusing it.”
On the Conference on College Composition and Communication resolution about resisting the unthinking imposition of #genAI and allowing faculty and students to opt out entirely.
As universities rush to adopt generative AI–powered tools that claim to enhance teaching, learning and workforce preparation, a growing contingent of academics is questioning where that urgency is coming from and whom it stands to benefit.
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Trump Administration Sues Harvard Over Antisemitism Allegations~
"The suit alleges Harvard failed to protect its Jewish and Israeli students by ignoring hostility on campus and refusing to enforce antiharassment rules." The suit "seeks to compel the school to comply with civil-rights law and recover millions of taxpayer dollars that Harvard accepted while allegedly in violation of the law."
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https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-harvard-lawsuit-civil-rights-jewish-e3326b0b
Trump's battle against higher educational institutions continues—
As the "Administration Sues Harvard Over Antisemitism Allegations" ~
"The lawsuit comes after the government lost a key court battle to strip some $2 billion in federal funding from the Ivy League school"
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https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-harvard-lawsuit-civil-rights-jewish-e3326b0b
Wow, it's is nice to see a student newspaper editorial board come out against AI!
"The irony is that as Penn pours endless money and energy into AI advancement in its attempt to get ahead, the University is only quickening its own demise. AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it"
https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/03/penn-ai-dominance-education
A. Rivera
Julie Cruse
Walls.io
Christine Johnson
Christian Spannagel
Dr Ian McCormick
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