By J. Elliot Harpham Over the last couple of months, Dr. Djupe and I, among others, have been working towards creating a new Civic GE competency. Denison, unsurprisingly, is chock full of diverse thought. The problem is that people appear to be unwilling or lacking confidence in their abilities to express themselves. In my experience…
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The Need for Civic Engagement Education
By John Elliot Harpham Denison’s mission statement puts the ability to morally discern, to autonomously think, and to participate in democratic society above all else as the goals of the college. These are honorable goals, and they paint a wonderful picture of what liberal arts values are all about. Yet, as I look around at…
Lots of Students Use AI; Fewer Think It’s Good for Their Education
Miles D. Williams, Visiting Assistant Professor of Data for Political Research [Note: This is a version of a post Dr. Williams did for his Substack Foreign Figures] AI (shorthand for all the large language models at large these days) is on everyone’s minds in higher education—well, really at every level of education, and in anything…
A Look at How Students Across Disciplines are Embracing AI
By Maya Schaefer It’s no question that AI has grown in popularity in the past few years. I remember when I first heard a friend mention how he used ChatGPT during our sophomore year to help him write a paper. I figured it was probably a one-time thing to help him out during a busy…
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