Freedom of speech should function to hold us to a high standard of honesty and transparency, not to excuse abuses of power and influence in the country’s most influential institutions.
Freedom of speech should function to hold us to a high standard of honesty and transparency, not to excuse abuses of power and influence in the country’s most influential institutions.
Chalking upends the political order and tidiness of Princeton by forcing everyone — powerful players, ordinary students, and campus visitors alike — to notice what they see written on the ground. It claims a piece of campus, if only temporarily, for the drawer.
Newsletters are everywhere, and they indubitably comprise an important part of the American news diet. So why am I catastrophizing about this one? Is it so wrong that news for college students be a bit more fun or accessible, especially in an era where less and less young people are reading the news at all?
Newsletters are everywhere, and they indubitably comprise an important part of the American news diet. So why am I catastrophizing about this one? Is it so wrong that news for college students be a bit more fun or accessible, especially in an era where less and less young people are reading the news at all?
When generative AI threatens academia in so many ways, both structurally and symbolically, it’s nonsensical for colleges to encourage its uptake through a tool that doesn’t really work in the first place.
When generative AI threatens academia in so many ways, both structurally and symbolically, it’s nonsensical for colleges to encourage its uptake through a tool that doesn’t really work in the first place.
Further, a growing body of research confirms that use of generative AI undermines the cognitive effort that is essential to the development of the human brain. As AI use increases, learning, recalling, and critical thinking skills decline.
Further, a growing body of research confirms that use of generative AI undermines the cognitive effort that is essential to the development of the human brain. As AI use increases, learning, recalling, and critical thinking skills decline.
Academia has a PR problem, and no amount of insular critical inquiry is going to solve it. Writing Seminars should live up to their name and teach us not just to solve thorny research problems but also to effectively communicate our solutions through clear and — perhaps more importantly — stylistically compelling prose.
Academia has a PR problem, and no amount of insular critical inquiry is going to solve it. Writing Seminars should live up to their name and teach us not just to solve thorny research problems but also to effectively communicate our solutions through clear and — perhaps more importantly — stylistically compelling prose.
In denying new students — and faculty and staff, for that matter — the right to know what regulations they are subject to, Princeton makes violations likely and will end up unfairly investigating or disciplining community members who were unaware of the policy’s existence in the first place.
In denying new students — and faculty and staff, for that matter — the right to know what regulations they are subject to, Princeton makes violations likely and will end up unfairly investigating or disciplining community members who were unaware of the policy’s existence in the first place.
I and other students in my year have heard endlessly from parents, teachers, and sensationalized headlines about the dangers of these technologies for as long as we’ve had them. But this often-narrow conversation leaves much to be desired.
Faculty in all positions, staff, and students need to organize across the University around the costs and consequences of austerity, and demand elected representation with authority over how Princeton allocates resources and sets priorities.
Faculty in all positions, staff, and students need to organize across the University around the costs and consequences of austerity, and demand elected representation with authority over how Princeton allocates resources and sets priorities.
While our relationship with the University administration may not always be harmonious, our work ultimately serves to enhance the University’s core mission.
While our relationship with the University administration may not always be harmonious, our work ultimately serves to enhance the University’s core mission.
AI-resilient pedagogy must address an educational environment in which merely teaching information has become less important than providing students avenues for self-directed inquiry.
AI-resilient pedagogy must address an educational environment in which merely teaching information has become less important than providing students avenues for self-directed inquiry.
The issue here isn’t principally where or how students take exams. It’s what kind of community you are willing to live in.
The issue here isn’t principally where or how students take exams. It’s what kind of community you are willing to live in.
I suggest that we learn from our University’s name — which came from a geographical location — that there are other ways to name a building. There is nothing wrong with New College West or Prospect House.
I suggest that we learn from our university’s name — which came from a geographical location — that there are other ways to name a building. There is nothing wrong with New College West or Prospect House.
The University needs a cohesive AI policy so students know what to expect and are not defaulting to excessive AI usage.
The University needs a cohesive AI policy so students know what to expect and are not defaulting to excessive AI usage.
With an abundance of people to whom we owe thanks, can we ever satisfactorily express our gratitude? Probably not — but we should at least try.
With an abundance of people to whom we owe thanks, can we ever satisfactorily express our gratitude? Probably not — but we should at least try.
