Monday, June 8, 2026
Vermont’s Most Bizarre Real-Estate Listing Is a Free College Campus [ WSJ ]
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A year after Green Mountain College closed for good in 2019, the school found an unlikely buyer for its stately campus in rural Vermont.
Raj Bhakta was a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” an unsuccessful congressional candidate and an embattled whiskey entrepreneur. But he had some big ideas for the property—his plan would include 93 hotel rooms, 18 condos, a micro-distillery, restaurant and spa. He spent less than $5 million for the whole campus.
Six years later, it remains mostly empty, aside from a small elementary school founded by Bhakta’s wife, with the bigger development plans called off. He is now trying to give away the land and 16 buildings.
“If you ever want to feel like you’re going nuts,” the 50-year-old said in an interview, “buy a college campus in the middle of nowhere. . . . ”
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Saturday, June 6, 2026
Spelman College Names an A.I. Expert as Its New President [ NYTimes ]
The flava:
Spelman College, the historically Black liberal arts school for women, on Friday named a roboticist and artificial intelligence expert as its next president.
The selection of Ayanna M. Howard, the dean of Ohio State University’s engineering college, represents a departure for a 145-year-old liberal arts school whose modern presidents have included doctors, an anthropologist and a psychologist.
But as the higher education industry grapples with the rise of A.I. and how the technology may reshape the global work force, Dr. Howard argued that liberal arts students at places like Spelman should lean into the development of A.I. . . .
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Princeton Changes Its 133-Year-Old Honor Code Over AI Cheating Fears [ WSJ ]
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. . . In a survey of over 500 seniors conducted by the student newspaper last year, 30% reported they had cheated on an assignment or exam. Nearly half reported knowledge of an honor code violation but less than 1% had made a report.
The steps taken at Princeton underscore the enormous challenges facing colleges and universities as generative AI tools have become widespread in recent years. Nationwide, studies suggest that a third of students admit to using artificial intelligence to produce entire assignments, said Christian Moriarty, a professor of ethics and law at St. Petersburg College in Florida and a director at the nonprofit International Center for Academic Integrity. . . .
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