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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard—which effectively banned racial preferences in higher... Read More

This report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them. Read More

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This piece was featured in The Washington Post and Inside Higher Ed , among other sources. Read More

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More than 1,100 mathematics and science professors across the University of California system recently issued an extraordinary warning. They... Read More