In a national study I conducted for my doctoral dissertation of how university libraries are implementing AI systems, one library leader shared a distressing discovery. Not long after installing a
Faculty have long been at the cutting edge of free speech issues. In fact, at most institutions, faculty play a defining role in determining “who may teach, what may be
Over the past year, the Trump administration has leveraged federal civil rights laws to transform higher education governance at some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions. Through a combination of
Since before President Trump took office, legal experts have suggested that the administration could use the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to advance the president’s goal of eliminating
When faculty discuss artificial intelligence, conversations often focus on the ethics of using AI in research, writing, instruction, and administration. But these discussions must increasingly explore the legal implications of
University administrators and registrars often rely on deans and department chairs to promote departmental compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Likewise, such individuals are frequently the
The union movement and organized labor are flourishing in a post-pandemic environment.
Imagine this scenario. Dr. Upton O. Goode, chair of the Department of Organic Astral Therapy at Dicey Incline State University (DISU), has invited Ms. Stuckin D’Past, the founder of a
Academic leaders are responsible for obtaining value from innovations developed at a university. Importantly, innovation value can vanish when there is an inadvertent disclosure of an invention. A hallmark requirement
Academic institutions train many of the innovators who solve problems and thereby fuel the global economy and improve the human condition. Professors at those institutions make important discoveries with compelling
