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

How do instructors get students to trust their own thinking and be better than robots?

By: Kristi Girdharry, Babson College, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: March 16, 2026

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Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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By Kristi Girdharry, 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 …

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