No one wants their writing to be the subject of ridicule and disdain, but that’s the lot of many academic writers, whose turgid, clumsy, lumpy prose is deemed largely unapproachable by a general ...

As of early 2026, the University of North Texas has updated its academic integrity policy to explicitly prohibit the use of AI tools in coursework unless explicitly permitted by instructors, creating ...

The academic landscape has shifted dramatically in 2026, with universities grappling with the integration of generative AI into coursework and assessment. While 92% of students now report using AI for ...

Book reviews are important inputs into a wider system of academic publishing upon which the academic profession is symbiotically dependent, and in a previous career advice column I argued that all ...

It’s October and the requests are starting to pile up. They’re multiplying so fast they feel like an anvil-weight of duty perpetually hanging over your head. They refuse to dissipate as the semester ...

Students complete a First-Year Writing Seminar Selection process prior to matriculation, in order to determine which of several environments will provide the best seminar experience for them. (This ...

If you’ve ever made friends with an unwieldy textbook or spent the night trawling through online libraries for journal papers to support a soon-to-be due essay, you’ve probably lamented the boring and ...