After Harvard shut its writing center, dean Deming now urges AI use in writing courses
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-04
Tyler Harper reports that Harvard's shuttered writing center was officially said to close for reasons unrelated to de-valuing writing, yet dean David Deming is now calling for "AI acceptance or even encouragement" in writing courses. The poster mocks Deming for leading by example — fully integrating AI into his own Twitter and LinkedIn output — and backs humanities faculty pushing back.
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