A recent survey indicates that while most academics have not utilized AI for writing, 58 percent support its limited use. Though resistance exists, many students embrace AI, highlighting a divide with faculty. AI enhances research efficiency, prompting discussions about ethical use in academia as the landscape shifts dramatically. Continue reading AI, Research, and the New Academic Divide
The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act, establishing a framework for college athletics while granting the NCAA limited antitrust exemptions. The act allows athletes greater rights regarding transfer, compensation, and medical costs. Despite bipartisan support, critics argue it undermines athletes’ power and maintains NCAA dominance, indicating ongoing debate ahead. Continue reading U.S. Senate Makes a Move on the NCAA and College Sports
Major college football now operates like a professional sports business, with roster budgets reaching $50 million while universities disclose little about how the money is raised or spent. NIL did not create this system—it exposed how far college athletics has moved from amateur competition and how urgently universities need greater financial transparency. Continue reading The Billion-Dollar Game Colleges Won’t Explain
By Watson Scott Swail, President/CEO & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute AI deserves serious safeguards—but fear, corporate self-interest, and geopolitical competition make a simple slowdown far harder than it sounds. There is no shortage of anxiety about artificial intelligence. Industry leaders, former employees, lawmakers, and researchers are warning that AI is advancing faster than our ability to understand or govern it. Some are calling for stronger … Continue reading The AI Scare: Real Danger, Strategic Hype, or Both?
For decades, international students have been a cornerstone of American higher education, helping universities fill classrooms, sustain graduate programs, conduct cutting-edge research, and generate billions of dollars in tuition revenue. Today, however, a combination of restrictive immigration policies, declining student mobility, and growing uncertainty about studying in the United States is creating one of the most significant challenges the sector has faced in years. The cost of these losses will be in the tens of millions for individual institutions and hundreds of billions for the US economy as a whole. Continue reading America’s International Student Reckoning: New Visa Restrictions and Enrollment Declines Threaten Higher Education
