AI in Higher Education · Practical, not hype

Most colleges are policing AI. We help you teach it.

Detection-first policy is failing on the evidence — it falsely accuses real students and punishes non-native English writers most. The way forward isn't a better detector. It's teaching with AI, deliberately, without surveillance.

Self-paced courses, campus workshops, and a free tools guide for faculty and academic leaders — built by someone who spent 21 years inside higher ed, not a technologist who's never graded a paper at 2 a.m. Teach with AI confidently and responsibly, without sacrificing pedagogy or academic integrity.

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The detection trap, in four numbers

The case for teaching with AI isn't ideological — it's evidentiary. Detectors don't work, and the market already knows it needs a different answer.

~750 students a 1% false-positive rate wrongly flags per year at one 75,000-paper university — why Vanderbilt disabled its AI detector
61% of TOEFL essays by non-native English writers wrongly flagged as AI (Stanford)
76% of institutions still have no formal AI policy (Tyton Partners)
92% of institutions now have an AI strategy — the will is there (EDUCAUSE 2026)

AI courses — available now

Self-paced, portfolio-driven, and accessible by default — every lesson can be read aloud in six voices and answered out loud. Start free, then go deeper.

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Free · Advanced

Zero to Agent

Maximizing Output with Claude Code. Go from basics to building real agents and workflows you keep using — for faculty, staff, and any knowledge worker. No CS degree required.

  • 4 modules, ~8 hours
  • Build a working agent, not a slide deck
  • Hands-on research, writing & review loops
  • Free with an account
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Flagship · $149

AI for Higher Ed Faculty

Teaching Past the Detection Trap. Build a course-level AI policy, redesign assessments with the Two-Lane Model and MAGE framework, and ship a 30-day plan you can use next semester.

  • 9 modules, 22 sections, ~5.5 hours
  • 3 assignments + practice-portfolio capstone
  • Educate, Enable, Expect — not police
  • Certificate of completion
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Workshop · $79

Teaching With AI: Assignment Redesign

The hands-on follow-on to the faculty course. Diagnose each assignment's AI exposure, pick its lane, and rebuild it — AI-resistant without surveillance, or AI-integrated with MAGE.

  • 6 modules, ~3 hours
  • Built-in AI sandbox to stress-test assignments
  • Redesign co-pilot + rubric stress-tester
  • Worked gallery by assignment type
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New · $149

AI for Higher Ed Administrators

For deans, chairs, and academic leaders setting AI direction. Move from reactive policing to a defensible institutional strategy — policy, equity, faculty support, and the questions to ask before you buy.

  • Leadership-level, not technical
  • Policy and equity front and center
  • Pairs with the faculty course for whole-campus rollout
  • Certificate of completion
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Coming August 2026

The State of AI in Higher Education 2026

Why detection-first policy is failing — and what to build instead. A practical report for provosts, CTL directors, and faculty leaders. Leave your email and I'll send it the day it drops.

No spam. One email when it's ready.

Accessibility and AI — the two frontiers, one educator

The same buyer, the same playbook, the same voice. AI you can teach responsibly and documents your students can actually use — both grounded in pedagogy, both built by a practitioner. Bundle the AI line with the Title II accessibility stack under one institutional contract.

  • Faculty AI literacy & assessment redesign
  • Administrator AI strategy & policy
  • WCAG 2.2 training & document remediation
  • Title II compliance planning & audits
  • Accessible-by-default course delivery
  • One vendor, one contract, one voice
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Let's talk AI at your institution.

Workshops, institutional course licenses, or a whole-campus rollout that pairs faculty and administrator training — tell me what you're planning and we'll set up a 30-minute call.

The Learning Curve

A short note every other Thursday for people who teach in higher ed: one teaching move you can use this week, one AI story translated for the classroom, and now and then a tool worth a look. No hype.

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