Harvard dean urges AI acceptance in writing courses after writing center closure
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-04
Atlantic writer Tyler Austin Harper reports that after Harvard shut its writing center, dean David Deming is now calling for "AI acceptance or even encouragement" in writing courses, contradicting the official line that the closure wasn't about de-valuing writing. Harvard educator CJ Robichaud says he can't fault the analysis, citing his experiential Kennedy School course Being Human with Marshall Ganz as a form of resistance. The thread captures the growing rift in humanities education over AI adoption.
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