Academic Outcomes

How Instructors Regulate AI in College: Evidence from 31,000 Course Syllabi

Igor Chirikov
2026

The way instructorssupport or restrictstudent use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools shapeswhich skills students developin collegeand their preparation for AIaugmented jobs. This paper introduces a taskbased approach toAI and skill formationtostudy...

New Study of 31,000 College Syllabi Shows Faculty Warming to AI in the Classroom

February 3, 2026

BERKELEY, CA — As generative artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the classroom, a new study from the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) provides novel large-scale longitudinal evidence of how faculty are responding.

The working paper, “How Instructors Regulate AI in College: Evidence from 31,000 Course Syllabi,” authored by Igor Chirikov, Senior Researcher and the SERU Consortium Director, tracks the evolution of AI policies at a major public research university from 2021 to 2025. Using computational methods to analyze tens of thousands of course syllabi, the research...

Why the SAT is a Poor Fit for America’s Public Universities by Saul Geiser. CSHE.2.25 (September 2025)

Saul Geiser
2025

This report responds to recent announcements by Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, and other institutions reinstating the SAT or ACT for admission. Widely publicized after aNew York Timesarticle and analysis by Harvard’s Opportunity Insights group, these announcement rest on two claims: that standardized tests outperform high school grades in predicting college success and that they may enhance diversity in admissions. Both claims falter...

New ROPS Report Challenges Return to SAT

September 30, 2025

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New UC Berkeley Report Challenges Return to SAT: Calls for Public Universities to Double Down on Public Mission

Berkeley, CA – September 30, 2025 — As a number of elite “Ivy-Plus” universities have reinstated SAT and ACT requirements, a new research report by Saul Geiser, Senior Associate at UC Berkeley’s Center...

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New UC Berkeley Report Challenges Return to SAT

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New UC Berkeley Report Challenges Return to SAT: Calls for Public Universities to Double Down on Public Mission

Berkeley, CA – September 30, 2025 — As a number of elite “Ivy-Plus” universities have reinstated SAT and ACT requirements, a new research report by Saul Geiser, Senior Associate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education, argues that the tests are a poor fit for the mission of America’s public universities.

The report, Why the SAT is a Poor Fit for America’s Public Universities, responds to a wave of high-...

Is This Higher Education's Golden Age?

Steven Brint
2019

Undergraduate Time Use and Academic Outcomes: Results from UCUES 2006, by Steven G. Brint and Allison M. Cantwell

Steven G. Brint
Allison M. Cantwell
2008

Class attendance and out-of-class study time are known to be strongly associated with academic engagement and college GPA. The paper examines two other uses of time as influences on academic outcomes: those devoted to active engagements with friends and community as opposed to passive entertainments, and those that connect students to campus life rather than separating them from campus life. Controlling for students’ socio-demographic backgrounds, previous academic achievements, and social and psychological stressors, we find that “activating” uses of time are associated with higher levels...