On a gray November morning, stacks of essays sat on an admissions counselor’s desk at a New England liberal arts college. She ...

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In an essay about the work of Daphne du Maurier, master of horror Stephen King claims that most stories can’t be spoiled.

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Anything you send home, you have to assume is being AI’ed.” The question now is how schools can adapt, because many of the teaching and assessment tools used for generations are no longer effective.

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