Afternoon Update: AI means professors must raise their grading standards

Your department's generational stalemate; SUNY program to retain students expands to 24 campuses; Texas Tech says DEI resources are gone; 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](. THE REVIEW | ESSAY [AI Means Professors Need to Raise Their Grading Standards]( By Michael W. Clune ChatGPT has transformed grade inflation from a minor corruption to an enterprise-destroying blight. ADVERTISEMENT RACE ON CAMPUS [When Colleges Used Eminent Domain, Money, and Jim Crow Laws to Destroy Black Communities]( By Daarel Burnette II A federal incentive in the 1950s encouraged colleges to uproot neighborhoods. Here’s one Black family’s story. ADVICE [Ask the Chair: Brokering a Generational Stalemate]( By Kevin Dettmar How to deal with one of the top sources of departmental conflict. STUDENT RETENTION [Program to Help State U. of New York Students Stay Enrolled Expands to 24 Campuses]( The $2,000-per-student program, modeled on the [City University of New York’s]( successful [Accelerated Study in Associate Programs]( or ASAP, uses simple strategies, like [transportation money]( to keep students on the path to graduation. (The New York Times, The Chronicle) AN UNWELCOME MAT [Texas Tech Acknowledges That DEI Resources Are Gone to Comply With New Law]( Empty offices and redirected website links greeted students this semester as the university joined public institutions [across the state]( in [complying]( with a state law designed to [ban efforts]( at [diversity, equity, and inclusion]( including support for LGBTQ students. Senate Bill 17 will not take effect until January 1, but changes have already begun. (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, The Chronicle) COMPETITION [2 U. of Maryland Campuses Fight Johns Hopkins’s Plan to Start Similar Degree Program]( The private university’s plan for a doctoral program in physical therapy is in limbo as the University of Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Baltimore campuses say it will duplicate and harm their own programs. The Maryland Higher Education Commission will decide the issue. (The Baltimore Sun) CAMPUS CUTS [Chatham U., Facing Multimillion-Dollar Deficit, Lays Off Staff and Cuts Benefits]( The university in Pittsburgh, which drew attention last year for [reinstating tenure]( is struggling with rising costs, falling enrollment, and the end of federal pandemic aid. It has laid off 20, cut some salaries, and reduced health and retirement benefits. Its new president also plans a restructuring that includes the departure of several vice presidents. (PublicSource/Open Campus, The Chronicle) ATHLETICS [Football Player Dies After Practice at Sacramento City College]( The Los Rios Community College District, of which the community college is a part, said the cause of death was not known. The athlete’s family identified him as Justin McAllister, who also played baseball and basketball. (CBS News) CAMPUS HONORS [In Tense Meeting, Cabrillo College Board Votes to Delay Renaming Until at Least 2028]( The board voted last year to change the California public college’s name by August, but that decision drew sharp criticism from some donors and community members. The college is named for a Spanish explorer blamed for oppression of California’s Indigenous people. (Lookout Santa Cruz) NEWSLETTER [Sign Up for the Teaching Newsletter]( Find insights to improve teaching and learning across your campus. Delivered on Thursdays. To read this newsletter as soon as it sends, [sign up]( to receive it in your email inbox. 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