Afternoon Update: Are we asking the wrong questions about ChatGPT? (opinion)

Final overtime rule clears review; pro-Palestine protesters charged at Washington U.; Chinese funds flow for research at American colleges; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. ADVICE [Are We Asking the Wrong Questions About ChatGPT?]( By J.T. Torres and Adam Nemeroff [STORY IMAGE]( Stop agonizing about your syllabus policy and start helping students use AI to extend, not replace, their thinking. ADVERTISEMENT THE REVIEW [A Toxic Showdown at Berkeley Law School]( By Len Gutkin [STORY IMAGE]( What Erwin Chemerinsky makes of the recent fracas. FINANCES [Final Overtime Rule Clears Review by White House]( The Labor Department last year [proposed]( raising the minimum annual salary threshold that sets eligibility for overtime pay from $35,568 to $55,068. The regulation also would update the threshold every three years. The final rule, which could be published this month in the Federal Register, would increase pay for many workers, but [colleges would]( face [higher payrolls](. (Higher Ed Dive, The Chronicle) CAMPUS UNREST [Pro-Palestine Protesters Are Charged After Disrupting Admitted-Students Event]( Twelve students at Washington University in St. Louis were charged on Saturday after their protest shut down an event for admitted applicants at a campus chapel. The protesters — [part]( of a [surge]( in [student activism]( since the [Israel-Hamas war]( broke [out]( — called on Wash U. to divest its holdings in the Boeing Company, which they said was enabling genocide in Gaza. (Student Life, The Chronicle) INTERNATIONAL [Research for Sale: How Chinese Money Flows to American Universities]( Despite deepening rivalries between the countries, [many American colleges]( have [lucrative contracts]( with companies based in China. Such contracts from 2012 to 2024 were valued at $2.32 billion, amid concerns in the U.S. Congress that the academic ties could pose a national-security risk. (The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle) GOVERNANCE [Emails Reveal a State Senator’s Unrelenting Demands on the U. of Hawaii]( According to documents obtained through a public-records request, Donna Mercado Kim, a Democrat and chair of the Senate’s Higher Education Committee, frequently sends the university questions about spending, anonymous complaints, and a host of other issues. She also texts regents at meetings to suggest what they should say, but she insists she does not micromanage UH. (Civil Beat) CAMPUS CULTURE [A Vexing Drawback to Online Tribal Colleges: Cultural and Social Isolation]( An empty campus in Arizona reflects a dilemma facing colleges in general, where students increasingly take courses remotely instead of in person. 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