Richard A. Greenwald

Richard A, Greenwald, a Daily Beast columnist, is an author, academic, social critic, and professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut. His last book was entitled, Labor Rising: The Past and Future of Working People in America. He writes regularly about politics, economics, and higher education. Opinions are not institutional endorsements.

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DON’T FEAR THE FUTURE

Why AI Won’t Be Replacing Teachers Anytime Soon

Artificial intelligence is inevitable, so colleges and universities ought to thoughtfully prepare for it—rather than run from it.

Richard A. Greenwald

HIGHER LEARNING

How Colleges Helped Model a Path Through the Pandemic

These cities unto themselves had to rework everything on the fly and, for the most part, they’ve done it.

Richard A. Greenwald

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DOOM SPIRAL

Selling College as an ‘Experience’ Is Destroying Higher Ed

We used to invest in higher ed as a social good. When that changed, schools started selling it as a consumer good. That’s dragging our schools, and our democracy, down.

Richard A. Greenwald