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4 days agoDon't let your students use AI as a ghostwriter
AI-generated research proposals may appear polished but often lack deep understanding and critical thinking.
As professionals across career development and academic administration, we support and guide others toward growth and opportunity. Yet in today's higher education landscape, marked by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, shifting institutional priorities, budget cuts and rising rates of burnout, our own growth often takes a back seat. The truth is, we face the same need for intentional career planning that we champion for our students, postdocs and faculty.
Look, I am a realist and we can't sugarcoat what has been a period of severe challenge for Harvard and for higher education. Our approach to the situation under President Garber's leadership and as a Corporation has been to ground ourselves in Harvard's values. That has led us to do three things simultaneously, and they aren't mutually exclusive. First, we've articulated and regrounded ourselves in our core research and teaching mission.