It’s not a rhetorical question. More and more students are not doing the work. They’re offloading their essays, their homework, even their exams, to AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude. These are not just ...

The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose ...

After the recommendations have been requested, after the testing has been completed, after one has purchased a blue and ...

Careers are marathons, not sprints. Take the long view. Pace yourself. And as you move forward, I encourage you to find and embrace grit, grind, and glam. Most days, your job will demand one of these; ...

College essays remain one of the most personal components of an application. That hasn’t changed. What’s changed is the tools that students have available to arrive at that voice.

First and last impressions are important in any part of life, especially in writing. This is why the introduction and conclusion of any paper – whether it be a simple essay or a long research paper – ...

Will Geiger estimates that he read about 10,000 college application essays over the course of a years-long career in college admissions and scholarships before ChatGPT came on the scene in 2022.

Will Geiger estimates that he read about 10,000 college application essays over the course of a years-long career in college admissions and scholarships before ChatGPT came on the scene in 2022.

Shortly afterwards, Geiger began to notice that essays felt less and less like they had been written by 17- or 18-year-olds. He saw more hyperorganized five-paragraph essays; more essays that were ...

Dear Editor, I read with great interest David Carroll’s editorial “The Electoral College fails the test” in the Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, edition of The Sand Mountain Reporter. Mr. Carroll makes a ...