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Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how the world works, plays, and learns. In part one of our blog series on ChatGPT in education, we detailed how a Texas A&M University–Commerce professor failed his class for...

Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT has revolutionized the way people write – and the way writing is scrutinized. A recent incident at Texas A&M University–Commerce reveals the growing pains associated with AI use...

Students use computers for assistance every day, whether to communicate with professors, access instructional materials, or work on assignments. Now, new developments in artificial intelligence (AI) can even complete some of those...

Lawmakers in several states, including Arkansas and Texas, are taking steps to remove challenges preventing college athletes from capitalizing on their fame and success by signing endorsement deals. Endorsement deals allow...

A harrowing news story from Old Bridge, NJ, reminds us, in eye-opening fashion, that disabled students often need help to protect themselves and their rights. ABC 7 Eyewitness News reports that a 42-year-old special education...

Where do one person’s rights end and another’s begin? And does it matter if one of the entities is a religious university? Tremendous attention has been paid in recent years to the tension between religious freedom and...

Since its release in late 2022, ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbot that can provide a detailed response to a typed prompt, has gotten a lot of attention. As noted in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education...

Since its release in November 2022, ChatGPT has launched a thousand fear-mongering headlines. Critics argue that the site is nothing more than a plagiarism machine that threatens the integrity of learning and creativity...

Artificial intelligence has long been a source of anxiety and fear in sci-fi novels and films. With the arrival of ChatGPT, AI has finally broken through the mainstream and become a household tool. Academics are concerned – the...

The balance between LGBTQ rights and religious freedom has been a hot-button issue for decades. A recent case involving a guidance counselor at a Catholic high school in Indianapolis has once again brought this issue to the...

In a recent ruling by the Texas Supreme Court, a contentious decision has been made regarding the revocation of degrees for academic misconduct at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and Texas State University (TXST). The...

Every school has policies that students must abide or risk facing disciplinary actions and, for some schools, one of those policies is that students are not allowed to use Wikipedia, the crowd-sourced, online encyclopedia, for...

Education is often seen as a path to success and a brighter future. A recent lawsuit against the University of Southern California’s (USC) Rossier School of Education highlights a concerning trend: schools that take...

In May 2023, a familiar friend paid a visit to the Senate – a bill that’s been introduced seven times since 2009, never advancing to become law (read “Bill would end ‘hidden epidemic’ of disciplinary restraint in...

In recent years, schools across the United States have witnessed a concerning trend of student behavior influenced by social media platforms like TikTok. From viral challenges to destructive pranks, the impact of these trends on...

School suspensions are designed to have a lasting impact on a student’s behavior. They’re a corrective tactic serving as a deterrent, but with enduring results. Is leaving a blemish on a student’s permanent...

Religious freedom is a cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution—the promise that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” has a prominent place at the...

The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms in the past year has already impacted every area of life, particularly higher education. While the use of AI holds great potential for enhancing learning experiences,...

Following his daughter’s school experiencing a school shooting hoax, security professional and concerned parent Dan Verton shared his concerns authoring an opinion on how schools utilize the Family Educational Rights Privacy...

A former University of Maryland student has filed a civil lawsuit against the University, two Title IX coordinators, and two students who were part of a campus sexual assault advocacy group. The lawsuit follows a...