{"id":237170,"date":"2026-06-25T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/artificial-intelligence-is-out-and-blue-books-are-in-u-s-news-higher-ground\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:30:44","slug":"artificial-intelligence-is-out-and-blue-books-are-in-u-s-news-higher-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/artificial-intelligence-is-out-and-blue-books-are-in-u-s-news-higher-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence Is Out and Blue Books Are In | U.S. News Higher Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/u-s-news-higher-ground\/articles\/2026-06-25\/artificial-intelligence-blue-book\">Artificial Intelligence Is Out and Blue Books Are In | U.S. News Higher Ground<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/u-s-news-higher-ground\/articles\/2026-06-25\/artificial-intelligence-blue-book\">https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/u-s-news-higher-ground\/articles\/2026-06-25\/artificial-intelligence-blue-book<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-25 12:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.usnews.com\">www.usnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The increasing use of generative artificial intelligence to complete academic assignments has led to concerns about academic integrity, prompting a return to traditional methods like blue books in some institutions.<\/li>\n<li>Professors like Elizabeth Nickrenz at Duquesne University have reintroduced blue books to ensure students can respond quickly and rely on their memory and wit during exams, emphasizing hands-on learning.<\/li>\n<li>Proponents, such as James Swindal and Terrence Dwyer, note higher student engagement and better retention of material as students prepare more thoroughly for blue book exams.<\/li>\n<li>There are drawbacks to this approach, such as increased grading workload and potential issues with handwriting legibility, alongside the practical concerns of handling tangible booklets.<\/li>\n<li>Clear grading criteria and expectations are emphasized to bridge differences in output levels across in-class writing assignments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial Intelligence Is Out and Blue Books Are In | U.S. News Higher Ground https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/u-s-news-higher-ground\/articles\/2026-06-25\/artificial-intelligence-blue-book&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/dims4\/USNEWS\/f9aafb4\/2147483647\/thumbnail\/970x647\/quality\/85\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usnews.com%2Fcmsmedia%2F08%2F65%2Fb3e9c58d451cbd891e486f3a7c64%2Fgettyimages-1359511530.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-237170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237172,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237170\/revisions\/237172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}