Issue #9April 28, 2026

PromptResponse #9 - Weekly Insights for AI in Higher Education and the Humanities

Admin Signals

When Faculty Says No to AI Deals, Here's What They Really Mean

Let me tell you what I'm hearing across campus conversations: faculty resistance to AI partnerships isn't really about technology rejection. It's about feeling sidelined in decisions that will shape their teaching, their research, and their students' futures. The professors pushi

AI in the Classroom

Grading the Process, Not Just the Product: How to Assess Student Thinking in the AI Era

Let me be honest with you: the traditional essay is in trouble. When a student can generate a decent draft in thirty seconds using ChatGPT, the five-paragraph theme you assigned no longer tells you what the student can do. But here's the thing—that's actually an opportunity. What

Incubator Playbook

Pricing Your Expertise: The Independent Academic Consultant's Framework

After three decades of watching university administrators make decisions, I've learned one thing about expertise: it only has value when someone is willing to pay for it. For humanities scholars stepping into consulting, the hardest part isn't finding clients—it's naming your pri

Prompting 101

Think of AI Output as a First Draft—Then Make It Yours

Here's something that took me a while to learn when I started working with AI tools: the response you get is never the final product. It's a conversation, not a command. The moment you treat AI output as a finished answer is the moment you've missed the point. Those initial respo