In our new EdSource article, we examine how two forces—Generative AI and a new federal earnings test in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—are colliding to put California degree programs at risk. As GenAI reshapes entry-level work and suppresses early-career earnings, more programs could fall below federal loan eligibility thresholds tied to graduate income. Early data already suggest several CSU and UC programs may be vulnerable, especially in a state where high non-degree wages raise the bar statewide. We argue that if public universities act now—leveraging existing strategic plans and industry partnerships—they can adapt before probationary failures turn into enrollment spirals.

Zach and I have been published in EdSource. In this article we argue that that professor expertise is as valuable as ever even in the AI age. We write, “But, counter to what many fear, faculty expertise is far from obsolete. In fact, its centrality is renewed in an era when a chatbot can produce competent drafts in seconds.” Read the article here.

Catch us in our new opinion piece featured in Inside Higher Ed. Here we argue that misplaced nostalgia for pre-AI higher ed distorts the conversation about the problems facing higher education. Gen AI exposes many of the core problems rather than causes them.

We are back in Inside Higher Ed arguing that generative AI is being coded as political. We argue that treating AI as another front in the culture war is a mistake. Read it here.

Zach and I were published in Inside Higher Education writing “Our argument is that the integration of AI technology into existing platforms has rendered these frameworks obsolete.” Read the article.