AI is not going away, and schools cannot realistically educate students by pretending it does not exist. The challenge is finding the line between using AI as a learning tool and allowing it to substitute for the intellectual work education is supposed to develop. Students still need to write, research, reason, solve problems, and occasionally struggle without a machine doing the work for them. The technology will change quickly, but the fundamental goal of education should not: use AI to help students learn without allowing it to replace learning itself.
Read MorePublic debates surrounding labor disputes in higher education often focus on employees and administrators while overlooking the group most directly affected: students. The recent Portland Community College strike highlights how disrupted classes, delayed graduations, and interrupted learning create real personal and financial consequences for thousands of learners. Students are not secondary observers in these conflicts, they are primary stakeholders whose experience deserves central attention. In institutional disputes, the most important question may not be who wins, but who bears the cost.
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