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The Illusion of Inquiry: Why the AI Revolution is Exposing Higher Education’s "Critical Thinking Crisis"

By Iffa Jayyana

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June 24, 2026

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In the autumn of 2025, a sobering statistic emerged from the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU): 90 percent of surveyed faculty expressed deep-seated fears that generative AI tools are actively eroding the critical thinking skills…