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Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons

Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.

By Kevin Gannon September 24, 2025
Illustration showing a pair of eyeglasses looking at the letters AI made from circuits, the image in the glasses’ lens is blurry and unreadable.
bubaone, Illustration by The Chronicle; Getty Images

It’s that time of the academic year again. No, not the beginning of classes, but rather, when campus after campus tries — for the third or fourth time at this point — to create clear AI policies for students and faculty members.

Since the explosive arrival of ChatGPT

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Kevin Gannon
Kevin Gannon is a professor of history at Queens University of Charlotte, and director of its Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence. Find him on Bluesky: @TheTattooedProf.bsky.social.