The Student Herself is the Product

In a humanities education the student herself is the product. She is what’s getting created and recreated by the learning process. This vision of education — as a pursuit that’s supposed to be personally transformative — is what Aristotle proposed back in Ancient Greece. He believed the real goal was not to impart knowledge, but to cultivate the virtues: honesty, justice, courage, and all the other character traits that make for a flourishing life. -Sigal Samuel writing in Vox

An AI Vision for College—Tools for Every Facet of Campus Life

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has a plan to overhaul college education — by embedding its artificial intelligence tools in every facet of campus life.  If the company’s strategy succeeds, universities would give students A.I. assistants to help guide and tutor them from orientation day through graduation. Professors would provide customized A.I. study bots for each class. Career services would offer recruiter chatbots for students to practice job interviews. And undergrads could turn on a chatbot’s voice mode to be quizzed aloud ahead of a test. ChatGPT Edu also enables faculty and staff to create custom chatbots for university use. -New York Times

Every Student Needs AI Exposure

“I very strongly feel that every student that graduates from any institution of higher education must have at least one core course in AI, or significant exposure to these tools. If we’re not doing that, we are doing a disservice to our students." -Ravi Pendse, chief information officer at the University of Michigan, Inside Higher Ed

10 Articles Worth Reading about AI's Use by Colleges

Attainment with AI: A Compendium of Practical Applications for Generative AI in Higher Ed – Complete College America  

Why Educators Should Lean in to AI to Better Support Students - EdSurge News

The sheer growth in computing power behind generative AI raises the question of whether this technology could be the turning point – Chronicle of Higher Ed

Why I chose OpenAI over academia: reflections on the CS academic and industry job markets – Rown Zellers  

Teaching Philosophy in a World with ChatGPT – Daily Nous

ChatGPT could eventually cause powers-that-be to think that writing is less of a university-wide essential skill down the road - Chronicle of Higher Ed

Top Law School Welcomes The Use Of ChatGPT In Its Admissions Process – Above the Law

Ban or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays – New York Times

AI writing tools will not fix HE's language discrimination – Times Higher Education  

Using artificial intelligence to assess personal qualities in college admissions – Science