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College students are increasingly using AI to compose their college essays.

Even ChatGPT "thinks" that we should keep university writing programs in place.

AI misses the most important gift writing gives college students: self-discovery.

Is it real or is it fake? Source: Stable Diffusion, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

I love teaching writing. In fact, it's my favorite job ever. Part of the reason it's fun is because I get to teach something I'm passionate about. But that's more about me, not my students. Why I love teaching writing to my students is it feels like I'm helping them learn how to (really) think for the first time and that's an exciting experience for them.

Why do college students use AI?

I regularly teach writing fundamentals to our freshmen. They come in with

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