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The Semester of Our Discontent: AI, Education, and the Backlash We Should Not Ignore

As another academic semester begins, something has changed in the conversation about artificial intelligence. For the last several years, the dominant discussion surrounding generative AI has centered on…

If Academic Achievement Isn’t the Standard for College Admission, What Is?

This article from UC Berkeley mathematics professor Zvezdelina Stankova raises a much larger question than whether universities should bring back the SAT. What should qualify someone for admission…

AI Police, meet Python

TechCrunch reported that Anthropic plans to watermark text generated by its AI models. Predictably, that immediately reopened the familiar debate around detection, provenance, enforcement, and how educators might…

Why do Coding Bootcamps move so quickly while still keeping Learners engaged?

They are built around a high-velocity feedback loop. In applied fields such as data analytics, long stretches of passive instruction are rarely enough. Learners need to see a…

Are We Improving Learning… or Outsourcing It?

A new article in The Atlantic argues that we may be entering a “post-literate” era, where deep reading is becoming less common and sustained attention is increasingly difficult…

Foundations last. Tools change.

Over the weekend I was going through a collection of data science books. Many were published between 2015 and 2018. At first glance, they looked outdated. Then I…

Why Isn’t Your University Offering Courses on Coursera?

For years, universities have assumed students would always come to them. I’m not sure that’s the future anymore. Millions of professionals are learning through platforms like Coursera, edX,…

The Future of Education Is Alignment, Not Enrollment

While much of the technology sector continues to experience significant workforce disruption, healthcare faces a very different challenge. Recent reports indicate that more than 150,000 technology jobs have…

The Future of Higher Education May Look More Like Community Colleges

One of the most interesting developments in higher education is happening right here in Arizona. Maricopa Community Colleges recently announced three new bachelor’s degree programs in Exercise Science,…

Are Degrees Enough Anymore? The Growing Case for Micro-Credentials

I recently reviewed Coursera’s Micro-Credentials Impact Report 2026, which surveyed more than 3,500 students, employers, and higher education leaders across seven countries. The findings reinforce something many of…