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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for July 2025:


New Resource: American Association of University Professors report: Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions. Available at: https://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/aaup-policies-reports/topical-reports/artificial-intelligence-and-academic 

Excerpt: "Educational technology, or ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), continues to become more integrated into teaching and research in higher education, with minimal oversight. The AAUP’s ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions—composed of higher education faculty members, staff, and scholars interested in technology and its impact on academic labor—was formed under the assumption that faculty members are best positioned to understand and improve teaching and learning conditions, including the development and implementation of institutional policies around educational technology.

To learn more about the experiences and priorities of AAUP members, the committee conducted a survey with a sample of five hundred members from nearly two hundred campuses across the country, collected during a two-week time period. Respondents emphasized the importance of improving education on AI, promoting shared governance through policies and oversight, and focusing on equity, transparency, and worker protections. Based on those responses, the committee identified the five key concerns listed below and described more fully in the findings section of this report."


Robison J. A multiday in-class essay for the ChatGPT era. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 1. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2025/07/01/multiday-class-essay-chatgpt-era-opinion   

Excerpt: “It is a multiday in-class writing assignment, where students have access through Lockdown Browser to (and only to): PDFs of the readings, a personal quotation bank they previously uploaded, an outlining document and the essay instructions (which students were given at least a week before so they had time to begin thinking through their topic).”

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Jones N. AI ‘scientists’ joined these research teams: here’s what happened. Nature News [Internet]. 2025 Jul 2. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02028-5 

Excerpt: “Emerging ‘co-scientist’ systems use chatbots to mimic the deliberations of a research group. Nature asked researchers to test them out.”

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Palmer K. AI brings pain and promise to new grad job market. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 7. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/07/07/ai-brings-pain-and-promise-new-grad-job 

Excerpt: “Colleges are eyeing new tools to help alumni navigate a labor market saturated by AI-generated applications.”

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Kaube B & Smith S. Guest post: When the front door moves: How AI threatens scholarly communities and what publishers can do. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Jul 7. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/07/guest-post-when-the-front-door-moves-how-ai-threatens-scholarly-communities-and-what-publishers-can-do 

Excerpt: “Imagine a researcher typing a complex scientific query into one of today’s AI-discovery and summarization tools. In seconds, they receive a concise, seemingly authoritative summary – no clicking through to journal websites, no navigating subscription paywalls, and no downloading branded PDFs. To the researcher, this feels like pure convenience, perhaps even magic, but for publishers, it looks like disintermediation.”


Bruff D. On the sensibility of cognitive outsourcing. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 7. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/07/07/sensibility-cognitive-outsourcing-opinion   

Excerpt: “It’s entirely reasonable for me to offload a task I don’t care much about to the machines when the machines are right there waiting to do the work for me. That was my response to a new high-profile study from a MIT Media Lab team led by Nataliya Kosmyna.”


Riyeff J. AI, irreality and the liberal educational project. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/07/08/ai-irreality-and-liberal-educational-project-opinion   

Excerpt: The author “asks how higher education can achieve its aim of scrutinizing reality when students don’t even seem to recognize the irreality of AI outputs.”

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Hernandez AE. AI and the future of higher education. Psychology Today [Internet]. 2025 Jul 8. Available from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-emergence-of-skill/202507/ai-and-the-future-of-higher-education   

Excerpt: “Today, people have begun to ask themselves whether AI will replace higher education...And once again, I turn to the point that Jeff Morgan made more than 10 years ago. If higher education were just about learning on your own, then books would have done the job long ago.”


Legatt A. An AI ethics roadmap beyond academic integrity for higher education. Forbes [Internet]. 2025 Jul 8. Available from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivalegatt/2025/07/08/an-ai-ethics-roadmap-beyond-academic-integrity-for-higher-education   

Excerpt: “...Institutions recognize integrity as a top concern, but students are racing ahead with AI and faculty lack commensurate fluency. As a result, AI ethics debates are unfolding in classrooms with underprepared educators.”


Schroeder R. Keep in mind that AI Is multimodal now. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/online-trending-now/2025/07/09/keep-mind-ai-multimodal-now 

Excerpt: “In order to more fully utilize the remarkable range of capabilities of AI today, we need to become comfortable with the many input and output modes that are available. From audio, voice, image and stunning video to massive formally formatted documents, spreadsheets, computer code, databases and more, the potential to input and output material is beyond what most of us take for granted.”

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McMurtrie B. Teaching: assignments that mitigate AI abuse. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jul 10. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-07-10   

Excerpt: “This week, I: Discuss teaching strategies readers submitted that help to diminish AI misuse; Share readers’ book recommendations.”

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Warner J. Are students making good choices on AI? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 11. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/just-visiting/2025/07/11/avoiding-work-has-always-been-part-college-new   

Excerpt: “AI has changed what it means when students dodge an assignment.”

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O’Connell D. How are students really using AI? Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jul 14. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/how-are-students-really-using-ai    

Excerpt: “There are seemingly endless conversations about artificial intelligence’s impact on college students...For all the discussion, however, it is hard to find much data: plenty of anecdotes but little systematic discussion of what we know.”

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Pahwa N. They have their doubts. Slate [Internet]. 2025 Jul 15. Available from: https://slate.com/life/2025/07/ai-college-cheating-gemini-chatgpt-students-policy.html   

Excerpt: “What it’s like to be in school, trying not to use A.I.”


Ghildiyal A. Guest post: Gatekeepers of meaning — peer review, AI, and the fight for human attention. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Jul 17. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/17/guest-post-gatekeepers-of-meaning-peer-review-ai-and-the-fight-for-human-attention   

Excerpt: “Let me begin with a rant. Why is so much of the marketing around AI tools focused on making human beings obsolete? Why are new advances so often compared to what a human expert can do — as if the sole purpose of AI is to replace us? Is AI for us, or are we for AI?”    


McMurtrie B. Teaching: more tips for preventing AI misuse in the classroom.  Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jul 17. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-07-17 

Excerpt: “This week, I: Share more reader examples of mitigating AI abuse; point you to essays and a podcast on teaching that you may have missed.”

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Alonso J. Michigan Law adds AI essay prompt. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 18. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/graduate/2025/07/18/new-michigan-law-essay-prompt-asks-applicants-use-ai   

Excerpt: “For those applying this fall, the law school added a supplemental essay prompt that asks students about their AI usage and how they see that changing in law school—and requires them to use AI to develop their response. (Applicants may write up to two supplemental essays, selected from 10 prompt options in total.)”

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Palmer K. AI-enabled cheating points to ‘untenable’ peer review system. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 21. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/07/21/ai-enabled-cheating-points-untenable-peer   

Excerpt: “It’s not clear how widespread the new cheating strategy is, but it’s highlighting longstanding drivers of the peer review crisis some reviewers are now trying to alleviate with AI.”

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Thakur H. Guest post — The accessibility illusion: when AI simplification fails the users with cognitive disabilities. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Jul 22. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/22/guest-post-the-accessibility-illusion-when-ai-simplification-fails-the-users-with-cognitive-disabilities   

Excerpt: “Simplifying language for people with cognitive disabilities isn’t just a stylistic or compliance exercise; it’s a design decision with ethical and cognitive implications. This is especially true when using generative AI to adapt complex material for users. In particular, it can be challenging to process and interpret peer reviewer feedback without support, given its dense, technical, and context-specific nature.”


Palmer K. Report: Faculty often missing from university decisions on AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 22. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/shared-governance/2025/07/22/faculty-often-missing-university-decisions-ai 

Excerpt: “A new survey from the AAUP shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security.”

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Quinn R. NIH to limit AI use, cap P.I. grant applications at 6 per year. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 22. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/07/22/nih-limit-ai-use-cap-grant-applications-6-year 

Excerpt: “The National Institutes of Health is telling researchers to limit the number of applications they submit and restrict how much they use artificial intelligence in writing their proposals.”

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Watkins M. How to grapple with the AI already on your campus. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jul 23. Available from: https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-grapple-with-the-ai-already-on-your-campus

Excerpt: “Three steps any faculty member can take to understand which AI features are now embedded in applications you use every day.”

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Huddleston S. Instructors will now see AI throughout a widely used course software. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jul 23. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/instructors-will-now-see-ai-throughout-a-widely-used-course-software 

Excerpt: “Artificial-intelligence tools — including generative AI — will now be integrated into Canvas, a learning-management platform used by a large share of the nation’s colleges, its parent company announced on Wednesday.”

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Niebuhr R. AI and higher ed: an impending collapse. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 24. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/07/24/ai-and-higher-ed-impending-collapse-opinion 

Excerpt: “The most severe issue that threatens to upend the system is not the challenge of detecting AI in students’ work, but the fact that universities are now encouraging a wholesale embrace of AI.”

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Kaurov A & Oreskes N. AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science? The Conversation [Internet]. 2025 Jul 24. Available from: https://theconversation.com/ai-will-soon-be-able-to-audit-all-published-research-what-will-that-mean-for-public-trust-in-science-261363

Excerpt: “Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous experts scrutinise research before it is published…Soon, artificial intelligence (AI) will be able to supercharge these efforts.”


McMurtrie B. Teaching: why students are using AI. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jul 24. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-07-24

Excerpt: “This week, I: Describe reporting I did on student AI use and ask how AI is changing classroom dynamics; point you to stories and opinion pieces on teaching you may have missed.”

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Palmer K. Johns Hopkins Press plans to license books to train AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 24. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/books-publishing/2025/07/25/johns-hopkins-press-plans-license-books-train-ai

Excerpt: “The publisher did not disclose which AI company or companies it’s partnering with, but expects any resulting revenue to be ‘meaningful’ in advancing its mission.”

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Warner J. Is AI an academic freedom issue? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/just-visiting/2025/07/25/faculty-better-get-active-ai-and-academic-freedom 

Excerpt: “Education technology as a whole is an academic freedom issue, unfortunately, the encroachment of technological systems which shape (and in some cases even determine) pedagogy, research and governance have been left in the hands of others, with faculty required to capitulate to a system designed and controlled by others.”

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Gunaratne D. Why grad students can't afford to ignore AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jul 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/carpe-careers/2025/07/28/why-grad-students-cant-afford-ignore-ai-opinion

Excerpt: “As graduate students, you’re training to become the critical thinkers, researchers and leaders our world desperately needs. If you step back from advances in AI, you’re not just missing professional opportunities; you’re abdicating your responsibility to help shape how these powerful tools impact society.”

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As we gear up for the Fall semester, the Library team is excited to connect with Mount Sinai educators at the July 24th AI in (Bio)Medical Education: Innovation in Teaching and Learning symposium. We look forward to learning new strategies for incorporating AI into the curriculum from our invited scholars and innovators: 

Dr. Stephen Harmon, Associate Dean of Research at Georgia Tech Professional Education, and Dr. José Antonio Bowen, Principal and Lead Innovator at Bowen Innovation Group, LLC. 

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We invite you to read Dr. Bowen's e-book available through Levy Library: Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. A Mount Sinai email address and password are required to access this e-book.

 

 

 

 


After the symposium, we will update this post with any additional resources shared along with updates from the event co-sponsors: 
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Peter and Leni May Department of Medical Education
Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Scholarly and Research Technologies

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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for June 2025:


New Resource: National Academy of Medicine. 2025. An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/29087   

Excerpt: “This NAM Special Publication, An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action, addresses this imperative. By harmonizing existing AI principles, identifying gaps, and aligning them with the core commitments of the NAM’s Learning Health System (LHS), it provides a comprehensive, adaptable set of guidelines for health care organizations and stakeholders. These principles are intended as guideposts for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of AI systems, ensuring they uphold the highest standards of integrity, safety, and effectiveness.”


Reuscher J. Evaluating Web of Science’s AI-powered research assistant. 2025 Jun 4. In: Choice. LibTech Insights [Internet]. Middletown, CT: Choice. Available from: https://www.choice360.org/libtech-insight/evaluating-web-of-sciences-ai-powered-research-assistant/ 

Excerpt: “Web of Science (WoS) has released a Research Assistant (RA) intended for research and scholarship at all levels, from undergraduate to faculty and professional study. Because the WoS Core Collection comprises 120 years of indexed research, RA is a new way to visualize and interact with the scholarly record, leaving the detritus of the web outside of its search parameters.”


McMurtrie B. Teaching: What professors want to know about AI and teaching. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 Jun 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-06-05    

Excerpt: “This week, I: Share insights from a conference on teaching with AI; Describe my latest story on the ongoing reading challenge.

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Barnard B. A call for college application innovation. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/06/09/call-college-application-innovation-opinion 

Excerpt: “AI opens up new avenues to allow applicants to present themselves creatively...”

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Meletiadou E. Empowering mature students through inclusive AI literacy: advancing digital equity and social justice in higher education. HEPI [Internet]. 2025 Jun 9. Available from: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/09/empowering-mature-students-through-inclusive-ai-literacy-advancing-digital-equity-and-social-justice-in-higher-education   

Excerpt: “As higher education embraces artificial intelligence (AI) to drive digital transformation, there is a growing risk that older, non-traditional, or mature students will be left behind. This blog post draws on insights from the QAA-funded ‘Using AI to promote education for sustainable development and widen access to digital skills' project I have been leading alongside findings from the EU COST Action DigiNet (WG5), where I co-lead research into media portrayals and digital inequalities impacting mature learning workers.”


Frazier K. Please plagiarize my work. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 10. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/06/10/i-want-ai-plagiarize-my-work-opinion   

Excerpt: “In an AI era, a preoccupation with issues of credit and citation limits the reach of our research...”

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Warner J. Hasty lurches toward an uncertain AI future. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 12. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/just-visiting/2025/06/12/higher-ed-should-be-very-cautious-about-ai-partnerships 

Excerpt: “There have been several points during this era of AI availability in education where I’ve been genuinely shocked that something that seems to me to be clearly out of bounds or incredibly rash is viewed by others as quite workable, or even desirable.”

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Carpenter TA. We need AI standards for scholarly publishing: A NISO workshop report. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Jun 12. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/12/we-need-ai-standards-for-scholarly-publishing-a-niso-workshop-report  

Excerpt: “Notably last month, NISO ( National Information Standards Organization — full disclosure, my employer) hosted a series of workshops for scholarly publishing leadership to identify and prioritize efforts to address some of the challenges around AI and interoperability. These collective actions can help reduce the number of issues and we can all benefit from the opportunities AI provides.”


Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University. How language bias persists in scientific publishing despite AI tools. [Internet]. 2025 Jun 16. Available from: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/how-language-bias-persists-in-scientific-publishing-despite-ai-tools 

Excerpt: “For now, English remains the lingua franca of indexed science, dominating most peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. This puts non-native speakers at a significant disadvantage. While large language models can assist authors to help overcome some language barriers, a new study by two researchers with the Stanford Graduate School of Education suggests that bias against non-native speakers persists even when these tools are used.”


Alonso J. The handwriting revolution. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 17. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/curriculum/2025/06/17/amid-ai-plagiarism-more-professors-turn-handwritten-work   

Excerpt: “Five semesters after ChatGPT changed education forever, some professors are taking their classes back to the pre-internet era.”

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Zheng H. Leveraging GenAI to transform a traditional instructional video into engaging short video lectures. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2025 Jun 17. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/6/leveraging-genai-to-transform-a-traditional-instructional-video-into-engaging-short-video-lectures 

Excerpt: “By leveraging generative artificial intelligence to convert lengthy instructional videos into micro-lectures, educators can enhance efficiency while delivering more engaging and personalized learning experiences.”


Mellors J. The em dash is not the problem. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/06/20/whats-em-dashai-anxieties-opinion   

Excerpt: “What might seem like a minor point of style has, in some cases, become a litmus test for authenticity...Because here is the thing: There is no definitive rule about how em dashes should be spaced. Merriam-Webster, for instance, notes that many newspapers and magazines insert a space before and after the em dash, while most books and academic journals don’t. Yet, a certain kind of scholar will see a tightly spaced dash and declare: ‘AI.’”

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Hinchcliffe LJ. Are AI bots knocking digital collections offline? An interview with Michael Weinberg. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Jun 23. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/23/are-ai-bots-knocking-digital-collections-offline    

Excerpt: “Last week, the GLAM-E Lab published the results of an investigation into reports that servers and collections were straining – and sometimes breaking – under the load of swarming bots... Today, I interview Michael Weinberg, Executive Director, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, NYU Law, and Co-Director of the GLAM-E Lab, about the study and what this phenomenon portends for information access and sustainable infrastructures.”     


Georgieva M & Stuart J. Ethics is the edge: the future of AI in higher education. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2025 Jun 24. Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/6/ethics-is-the-edge-the-future-of-ai-in-higher-education 

Excerpt: “A new framework outlines eight ethical principles to guide higher education's implementation of artificial intelligence.”


Blake J. Howard and Google aim to advance AI technology for Black users. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/06/25/howard-and-google-aim-improve-ai-tech-black-users

Excerpt: “Researchers at Howard University and Google are working to improve Black individuals’ experience when using artificial intelligence and automatic speech-recognition technologies, like Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant.”

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Schroeder R. Walking, talking, engaging AI in higher ed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/online-trending-now/2025/06/25/walking-talking-engaging-ai-higher-ed 

Excerpt: “A front-row seat to the maturing of AI in higher education.”

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Rowsell J. Universities ‘at risk of overassessing’ in response to AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 27. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/2025/06/27/universities-risk-overassessing-response-ai

Excerpt: “Universities risk overassessing students as they race to future-proof themselves against artificial intelligence, academics have warned.”

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Kaufman R, Anderson R, Carpenter TA. Ask the Chefs — New court decisions issued in cases addressing AI training and copyright. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 Jun 30. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/30/ask-the-chefs-new-court-decisions-issued-in-cases-addressing-ai-training-and-copyright/ 

Excerpt: “Last week saw the release of two court decisions in cases addressing the use of copyrighted material for training of artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, Bartz et al., v. Anthropic, and Kadrey et al., v. Meta. We asked the Chefs for their thoughts on these decisions and the potential impacts on publishers and authors.”


Trumbore A. Slaves to the machine. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 Jun 30. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/06/30/profit-motives-skew-ed-tech-they-dont-have-opinion 

Excerpt: “In 1966, a Stanford University professor promised to harness the power of the computer to provide “the personal services of a tutor as well informed and as responsive as Aristotle.” In 2023, Sal Khan proclaimed, “We’re at the cusp of using AI for probably the biggest positive transformation that education has ever seen. And the way we are going to do that is by giving every student on the planet an artificially intelligent but amazing personal tutor.” Same dream, different era, but with one key difference: Who is building the tools, and why?”

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Every month, our AI blog provides a selection of literature and resources on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for May 2025:


Warner J. An AI thought experiment. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 1. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2025/05/01/adjusting-generative-ai-education-means-getting-roots

Excerpt: “To help folks think through what we should be considering regarding the impact on education of generative AI tools like large language models, I want to try a thought experiment.”

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McMurtrie B. Is your online student a bot? Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 May 1. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/is-your-online-student-a-bot

Excerpt: “As AI gets better, online education becomes more vulnerable to fraud. Just ask instructors in California.”

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Mintz S. Teaching writing in the age of AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 2. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2025/05/02/challenges-and-approaches-teaching-writing-age-ai

Excerpt: “If writing is to remain a meaningful intellectual endeavor, I—and you—must help our students understand its deeper purpose—not as a task to complete, but as a tool for thinking, analysis and real-world influence.”

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Watkins M. Your students need an AI-aware professor. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 May 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/your-students-need-an-ai-aware-professor

Excerpt: “Here’s a sustainable plan to bring you up to speed on a technology that academe can’t afford to ignore.”

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Galef D. Q&A with an AI on its creative process. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/05/06/qa-ai-its-creative-process-opinionhumor

Excerpt: The author prompts an AI tool on how it writes.

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Kim J. 3 questions on AI and innovation for Tawnya Means. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/learning-innovation/2025/05/08/three-questions-ai-and-innovation-tawnya-means

Excerpt: “I asked if Tawnya would be willing to answer my questions about her work and her thinking about AI and higher education, and she graciously agreed.”

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McMurtrie B. Teaching: Can AI improve creative writing? A small study investigates. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 May 8. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/newsletter/teaching/2025-05-08

Excerpt: “This week, I: Describe one AI study and what it says about the creative process; Ask how you know whether your students are learning if they use AI.”

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Mowreader A. Report: Instructors want more guidance on AI usage. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 8. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2025/05/08/professors-using-ai-need-more-administrative-support  

Excerpt: “A recent report from Ithaka S+R finds professors are increasingly engaging with generative AI but want more support navigating its application and AI policy in the classroom.”

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Hansen SL. Guest post — Fostering AI adoption and literacy within your organization. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 May 14. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/14/guest-post-fostering-ai-adoption-and-literacy-within-your-organization

Excerpt: “For the last two years, AI has dominated our industry: conference agendas, whitepapers, webinars, and even these pages. It feels like AI is everywhere. And yet, organizational adoption of AI is still far from universal, with some companies still outright banning the use of AI tools.”


Schroeder R. Becoming AI literate this summer. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 14. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2025/05/14/becoming-ai-literate-summer

Excerpt: “Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of contemporary practice in higher education. This summer is an ideal time to become AI literate for the fall.”

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Mowreader A. Research: ChatGPT can pass an engineering class. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2025/05/19/chat-bot-passes-college-engineering-class-minimal  

Excerpt: “The chat bot earned a B, slightly below the class average. It excelled in practice problems and computing exercises but was unable to justify its work or simplify systems.”

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Turcio AL. Can AI bring us closer to prospective students? Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 May 19. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/can-ai-bring-us-closer-to-prospective-students  

Excerpt: “Used with intention, this tech will free up your time to do the human parts of enrollment work that matter most.”

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Ghildiyal A. Guest post — Beyond efficiency: reclaiming creativity and wellbeing in the age of AI and scholarly publishing. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 May 20. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/20/guest-post-beyond-efficiency-reclaiming-creativity-and-wellbeing-in-the-age-of-ai-and-scholarly-publishing  

Excerpt: “The scholarly publishing industry stands at a defining crossroads. Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming knowledge work, promising increased efficiency, scalability, and automation. Yet in our rush to explore its technical capabilities, we risk overlooking the human dimension — specifically, how AI is impacting the mental health, creative fulfillment, and cognitive engagement of the very people who create, review, and disseminate scholarly content.”


Flaherty C. AI and threats to academic integrity: what to do. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2025/05/20/experts-weigh-everyone-cheating-college

Excerpt: “Three in four chief technology officers say that artificial intelligence has proven to be a moderate or significant risk to academic integrity at their institution. Experts have ideas as to what can help.”

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Hsien ATC. Deep dive into three AI academic search tools. Katina Magazine [Internet]. 2025 May 20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-052025-2  

Excerpt: “AI add-ons incorporating retrieval-augmented generation are everywhere in academic search. But how—and how well—do they work? Our reviewer put Primo Research Assistant, Web of Science Research Assistant, and Scopus AI to the test.”


Khushalani B. Empowering student success through AI-driven collaboration. EDUCAUSE Review [Internet]. 2025 May 22.  Available from: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2025/5/empowering-student-success-through-ai-driven-collaboration

Excerpt: “Student success is a shared institutional commitment. Increasingly diverse student populations, mounting mental health concerns, and the exponential growth of digital information call for a reimagined approach to academic support—one that is proactive, personalized, and collaborative.”


McMurtrie B. The reading struggle meets AI. Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2025 May 22. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/article/the-reading-struggle-meets-ai

Excerpt: “The crisis has worsened, many professors say. Is it time to think differently?”

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Burzlaff J. What AI can’t read: ambiguities and silences. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2025 May 23. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/05/23/what-ai-cant-read-ambiguities-and-silences-opinion  

Excerpt: “By using AI for a task for which it is particularly ill-equipped—analyzing the testimony of Holocaust survivors—students deepen their own thinking.”

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Lim KYT, Hilmy AH, Wei, BKZ. AI operators or creators? Two visions of agency and learning. UNESCO. 2025 May 26. Available from: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/ai-operators-or-creators-two-visions-agency-and-learning

Excerpt: “When seeking to understand how the notion of agency might evolve as learners interact with AI, scenarios play a useful part.”


O’Neill J. Dispensed with a matronly air: trust and AI. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. 2025 May 28. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/05/28/dispensed-with-a-matronly-air-trust-and-ai

Excerpt: “In recent weeks, BBC Maestro released a ‘Making Of’ blog post about their own disruptive AI project, one integrating AI, vocal, and visual technologies to recreate the presence of Agatha Christie. With the involvement of a team of more than 100 individuals and with the consent of the Christie family, the educational streaming platform announced the launch of a writing course taught by the famed author herself.” 

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