By removing human guidance and encouraging engagement with AI, students are ultimately discouraged from engaging deeply with material and instead learn to outsource their thinking, mistaking efficiency for understanding.
Study abroad programs like this one are implicit, institutional endorsements that certify the host state's compliance with the University’s ethical, educational and safety standards, all of which serve as a form of soft-power validation.
Ramadan at the University should not be a time in which students must choose between academic success and religious observance.
Every student at the University, regardless of their primary field of study, can professionally and academically benefit from engaging with the English department.
The University must do a better job building understanding by listening to the voices of those with firsthand knowledge.
The administration’s failure to condemn blatant discrimination exacerbates an impossible situation, fostering an atmosphere that misinterprets pro-Palestinian sentiments as support of terrorism.
