23
Apr
A Standard Disclaimer for AI-Curious Academics
I've noticed that when "pro-AI" academics—and by that I mean academics who don't
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HigherEd
23
Feb
AI Inverts the Disciplinary Hierarchy
Maybe we should be more cautious about defunding fields just because we can't immediately see their application.
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21
Jan
Inefficient by Design: How Medieval Values Shaped Today's University
A nine-century case for being slow
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14
Dec
The Forest and the Tree: What the Latest Accommodation Debate Gets Wrong
A lot has been written this week about the increase in student accommodations on college campuses. It started with a
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23
Nov
How to Pick A National College Football Champion
Take a page from English football
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20
Nov
A Solution for College Sports
Treat the football team as tech transfer.
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09
Sep
Briefly Noted for September 9, 2025
This week in my DMD 2010: History of Digital Culture class, I've been teaching the history and theory
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26
Aug
Briefly Noted: AI links for back-to-school
As a new semester begins, I'm pretty sure we're all thinking about how AI will affect
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03
Aug
Briefly Noted for August 3, 2025: Some Good News for the Humanities
For those of us in the humanities, the last 20 years have often felt like a siege. But maybe we’
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22
Jul
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Archives: Two Years On
Yesterday I gave a talk on AI and archives at the Colby/Bates/Bowdoin Special Collections and Archives Staff Retreat.
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