By Michael Burns, Susan Haarman, and Joseph Vukov The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) — especially large language models (LLMs) including OpenAI’s ChatGPT — has sent shockwaves throughout the world of higher education. New university task forces have been assembled, policies have been revised and syllabi have been overhauled. Student…

By Andrew B. Gustafson ChatGPT and its effects on the classroom and society at large is a topic of discussion these days. Is it a blessing or a curse? A quality enhancement tool or a plagiarism tool? Will it eliminate jobs, and if so, whose? One concern that naturally springs…

By Malia McAndrew Imagine yourself on campus one particularly sweltering summer afternoon. You’ve taken respite from the heat in your office where you’ve begun to start churning out any number of the tasks you’ll need to complete before classes resume in the fall. …

By Eduardo M. Peñalver, Vincent D. Rougeau, and Tania Tetlow On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a majority decision that ended the practice of taking race into account in college admissions decisions. For U.S. Jesuit institutions, which have long championed diversity within their student bodies, the decision…

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My father-in-law was a great one for wonder. He would regularly show up on our front porch at 11 p.m. with binoculars and a contagious enthusiasm and drag us out of bed to witness some meteor shower or alignment of stars that hadn’t been seen for hundreds of years and…

Meet the artists in Conversations Issue 62 (Fall 2023) The images in the Fall 2023 edition of Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education (№62) are the work of artists from across the AJCU network. We thought you would like to know a little bit more about the people behind the artwork. …

By Philip Metres In Conversation We were so inspired by his essay that we asked three other writers of different backgrounds from across the Jesuit network to react to Philip Metres’ meditation on wonder and justice: Gregory A. Kalscheur, S.J., of Boston College: “Reflection is vital” Patrick M. Green of Loyola…

By Gregory A. Kalscheur, S.J. In Conversation We were so inspired by Philip Metres’ meditation on wonder titled, “Let Us Be Attentive!: How Wondering Leads to Justice-Seeking,” that we asked three other writers of different backgrounds from across the Jesuit network to react: Gregory A. Kalscheur, S.J., of Boston College…