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AI-generated content is not automatically plagiarism. That statement may unsettle faculty members and academic-integrity officers. It may sound like a defense of students who use ChatGPT to write papers or complete assignments intended to demonstrate mastery. The post Stop calling every misuse of AI plagiarism appeared first on eCampus News .
America’s schools are moving quickly to respond to the rise of artificial intelligence, with parents, teachers, administrators, and lawmakers working to wrap their arms around what this means for student education. The post Schools are building AI rules before they know the destination appeared first on eCampus News .
Graduate education is demanding and isolating, especially for adult learners balancing coursework, research, employment, and family responsibilities. National data show half of doctoral students leave their programs before earning their degree. The post Cohort connections matter: Strategies to help graduate students persist and succeed appeared first on eCampus News .
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly embedded across higher education. As AI policies continue to evolve, faculty are gaining greater clarity and opportunity to responsibly use new tools, including AI-powered assistants, content generation tools, chatbots, and a growing number of AI-enabled applications. The post Higher education needs better AI experiences, not more AI tools appeared…
The atmosphere inside the Global Connect/American Accounting Association conference at Caesar’s Palace in August 2026 was a study in contrasts. Outside, the Las Vegas sun was punishing, an environment so relentless that I joked that the swag bags should have swapped out sunblock for flame retardant. The post Beyond a keynote speaker: A strategic roadmap for AI in higher education appeared first on…
Nearly every week, I get queries from potential students about obtaining credit for previous coursework towards a degree or licensure. Often, they are unable to provide detailed records of their previous academic work beyond the transcript. The post Archiving your academic journey: Preserving coursework and program artifacts appeared first on eCampus News .
Every day I come to work at Gettysburg College wearing a college-branded cap that I bought with a $25 gift card, presented to me by the Student Senate for leading an effort to improve student access to the campus Wi-Fi. The post How we recovered student trust after big Wi-Fi challenges appeared first on eCampus News .
Every few years, a new set of skills migrates to the top of employers’ hiring wish lists, and higher education scrambles to respond with retooled curricula, rebranded programs, and freshly minted credentials designed to close whatever gap the labor market has most recently identified. The post Employers keep talking about durable skills–they may come from surprising places appeared first on…
Grade inflation is all the rage in higher education. Harvard has a proposal to reduce the number of A’s it awards. A Yale faculty committee proposed that 3.0 should be the mean grade. The post Higher education’s grade inflation conundrum appeared first on eCampus News .
Higher education is approaching a credibility crisis: Colleges may still be awarding degrees, but can they prove that students—not their AI tools—have actually learned? Accreditation has long depended on evidence that institutions define outcomes, assess student achievement, and use results to improve. The post Accreditation’s AI reckoning: Can colleges still prove students are learning? appeared…
