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The universities are facing a huge challenge as students use AI for writing essays Some claim that as AI develops, it will eventually be able to write academic articles. But when does the introduction of artificial intelligence amount to fraud? Students use AI for writing their essays and it is easy and time-saving, well professors are pissed at their students for such academic intrusion. “As I wait for my next class to begin in front of the lecture hall, two students next to me are debating which AI software…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When it comes to education in prison, policy and research often focus on how it benefits society or improves the life circumstances of those who are serving time. …

The only news you need to know this week is that Lizzo played President Madison’s 200-year-old crystal flute — and twerked while she did it. OK, maybe it’s not the only news. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, art and design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the rest of the week’s essential arts news:A needed revamp For SCI-Arc, 2022 was supposed to be a year of celebration — marking the architecture school’s 50th anniversary. Instead, it has turned into a year of negative headlines over a scandal related to the ways in…

In a recent study, Whitney Buser, senior academic professional and associate director of Academic Programs in the School of Economics at Georgia Tech, explores the nature and causes of gender bias in student evaluations of teaching (SETs). Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology Despite earning more than half of all doctoral degrees conferred in the U.S., women are significantly underrepresented in faculty positions at…

Colorado State University professor Jennifer Bousselot is growing a garden on top of a building in Denver as part of her ongoing research into “green roofs” and her efforts to educate the public about their many benefits. But more than that, Bousselot wants to show how cultivating gardens on rooftops — what she calls the most underused space in urban areas — can help restore nature to cities, reduce heat radiated by concrete and feed people. Add an array of solar panels and Bousselot sees even bigger possibilities. She…

When Jennifer Mason posted an ad for a postdoc position in early March, she was eager to have someone on board by April or May to tackle recently funded projects. Instead, it took 2 months to receive a single application. Since then, only two more have come in. “Money is just sitting there that isn’t being used … and there’s these projects that aren’t moving anywhere as a result,” says Mason, an assistant professor in genetics at Clemson University. She isn’t alone. On social media,…