Universities in Ruins or on the Cusp of Renewal? Dark Academia, Global Data, Liberal Arts, and the Coming AI Shock
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Higher Education, Universities, Liberal Arts, Humanities, Academic Medicine, Artificial IntelligenceReferences
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