A writing professor’s new task in the age of AI: Teaching students when to struggle

By Kristi Girdharry, Associate Teaching Professor of Arts and Humanities, Babson College

I was early to the generative AI wave in higher education: I was among the first professors who teach writing to publish in an academic journal about generative AI and critical thinking, and I am now part of an interdisciplinary team at Babson College thinking about how AI is impacting education, industry and society.

But that does not mean I am all in on AI – nor am I anti-AI. I am pro-learning. As my co-authors and I argue in a forthcoming…

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