Teachers can’t hold back the ways social, political, and technological changes disrupt their students’ lives. But teachers ...

Many of my students don’t see the value of academic writing, particularly when AI can produce passable essays in seconds. Many arrived in college with minimal experience in revision, deep engagement ...

In this episode of Just Asking Questions, we're joined by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat to discuss the cultural, ...

College essay writing can seem daunting. One feels compelled to do well, remain concentrated, and follow deadlines. It’s not ...

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When Abby Miles (MSB ’26) applied to study abroad for the Spring 2025 semester in Spain, she had everything in order — two ...

When AI takes over the practice of science we will likely find the results strange and incomprehensible. Should we worry?

I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...

A reflective essay is a paper where you look back on a personal experience and explain what you learned from it. It focused on how the event has changed your thinking or helped you grow. Think of it ...

Despite employment records, wages in Italy remain low and do not grow. Politics limits itself to reporting, but the real ...

an essay on Shakespeare’s sonnets). Where Kitamura uses her protagonist’s vocation as a means of stripping away her sense of self, Brown does the opposite. Her narrator luxuriates in her labor, and as ...