Academics tend to write alone. Even when we are contributing to an edited volume, we rarely gather to write in the same place and at the same time. Which is what made our writing experiment so unusual ...

Each source type offers value. Databases provide depth. Journals reveal current debates. Reports deliver verified data. Careful source selection improves research writing and builds persuasive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. Those who know me know I always encourage academics to write ...

Many students are taught never to use the first person (i.e., I or we) in academic writing. While the use of the first person has historically been rare, the practice has changed in recent years. The ...

Stereotypical academic writing is rigid, dry, and mechanical, delivering prose that evokes memories of high school and undergraduate laboratory reports. The hallmark of this stereotype is passive ...

Instead of using a single GenAI tool to create a one-note research paper, why not tune up an orchestra of machine assistants? Be honest – have you ever experimented with asking a chatbot to write a ...

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of generating polished, grammatically correct text that meets academic standards, educators face a critical challenge: How can we teach students ...

The times they are a-changin’ and academic publishing is no exception. The rise of open access has made more research freely available but brings its own set of challenges. Generative artificial ...

Benjamin Miller works for the University of Sydney. University students across the nation will be handing in their first assignments of the academic year over the next few weeks. Academic staff will ...