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Some Thoughts on the Use of AI in Teaching

I spent part of last week in Tempe at Arizona State University’s conference on Agentic AI and the Student Experience, which was a pretty interesting event. It made me think awhile about AI in higher education, which I thought I’d share with y’all. My POV on this basically comes down to six things: That last one is the most important. I’ll expand on it.  Higher education, being as near to eternal as any institution can be, constantly lives with technological changes. In

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October 29, 2025 2 Comments

Quebec’s Private Student Loan Moment

Although we tend to think of student loans as either being something done by banks for profit or by governments to correct for market failures, there is a third type of student loan: namely, private, not-for-profit companies using a mix of private and public funds for charitable reasons. Probably the most globally significant institution pursuing this path is the Dominican Republic’s FUNDAPEC, which has its origins in a private sector effort to establish higher education in that country during a

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October 28, 2025 1 Comment

Fees Up and Fees Down, 2025

One perennial topic – maybe the most perennial topic – in higher education is that of tuition fees. There have been quite a number of developments with respect to tuition fees around the world this year and I thought it was worth recapping some of them for y’all. So here goes. In the category of countries lowering student fees, the action is almost all in Africa. Namibia has taken the bold step of announcing a completely free tuition system in

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October 27, 2025 1 Comment

Re: University | Join the Conversation Before It’s Too Late

Hello Everyone, The Re: University team here! I know you didn’t expect to hear from us this week, but we just passed the 100-day mark until the Re: University conference and the excitement is getting real. For those of you who don’t know, we are hosting the conference in the Marriott Ottawa on January 29th and 30th.  Our full agenda will be released soon but we have begun announcing our speakers and themes. Our two-day agenda is focused on exploration

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October 23, 2025 No Comments

That Alberta Post-Secondary Review, Again

Just before I headed out on a work/vacation trip (I’m in Costa Rica today), the Government of Alberta dropped the report of the Expert Panel on Post-Secondary Institution Funding and Alberta’s Competitiveness, which I had previewed back here when the panel was formed about a year ago. So, on the way to the airport, I dashed off this blog to give you all the skinny.  First: it’s a good report! Might be the most sensible report on PSE that’s come out in Canada for quite

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October 15, 2025 2 Comments

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One Thought to Start Your Day is our founder and CEO Alex Usher’s popular daily blog, brimming with up-to-the-minute insights and informed opinions on today’s higher education industry.

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