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If prompted, an AI tool can be tailored to help students think through their own reasoning rather than just feed them answers. Issarawat Tattong/iStock/Getty Images

March 5, 2026

We designed an AI tutor that helps college students reason rather than give them answers

Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Shishir Shakya, Appalachian State University; Institute for Humane Studies

A 2025 study shows that an AI-based tutor improves learning when it prompts reasoning and is paired with peer discussion.

Race, region and grades all play a role. fizkes/Getty Images

February 26, 2020

Your chances of getting an internship are better if you’ve already had one

David A. Jaeger, University of St Andrews; Alan Seals, Auburn University, and John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Success in finding an internship is tied to factors that range from prior experience to local unemployment rates, new research has found.

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John M. Nunley
Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse