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By Name Withheld at Author’s Request: a rising sophomore at a public research university. Identity, institutional affiliation, and conflicts of interest have been verified by the editors. Over the past few years, generative AI usage has become ubiquitous in multiple…

By Julian Archer, PhD, Professor of Engineering Sciences Foreword: In this essay I explore a deeply concerning transformation within American academia—one that has quietly shifted universities away from their core missions of objective inquiry and truth-seeking. Using the metaphor of…

Name Withheld at Author’s Request Identity, institutional affiliation, and conflicts of interest have been verified by the editors. The lives of adjunct professors in American universities often read like a contradiction. These are men and women who have spent years…

By Kazem Kazerounian, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut The standoff between the White House and America’s leading universities has entered new territory. Earlier this month, the Trump administration sent letters to a dozen major universities proposing what it…