AI Is Booming on Campus, But Critics Overlook the Real Reasons Students Embrace It
In recent years, artificial intelligence has become a lightning rod in debates over the future of higher education. News coverage often paints a grim picture: students, supposedly abandoning critical thinking, are using tools like ChatGPT to cheat their way through degrees. Yet, as student and award-winning writer Elsie McDowell argues, this narrative overlooks the deeper…