27/09/2026
Pensel, kertas dan buku.
📵 NO PHONES, NO LAPTOPS, NO AI: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY JUST BANNED TECH IN CLASSROOMS 📖📜
If you thought Ivy League tuition bought you the right to passively scroll TikTok during a $70,000-a-year lecture, Columbia University has some wild news for you.
Columbia College officially rolled out a sweeping ban on all electronic devices across its flagship Core Curriculum classes—specifically targeting Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization sections.
That’s right: no laptops, no tablets, no smartphones, and definitely no ChatGPT open under the desk.
Here is why Columbia is taking its classrooms back to the 1990s:
The AI Tipping Point: Professors got fed up with students typing discussion prompts into AI tools on their phones in real-time mid-class just to spit back generated answers. The tech ban is explicitly designed to force raw, human connection back into the humanities.
Pen and Paper Only: Students are being asked to read actual printed books and take notes using ancient technology—a pen and paper.
The "Safe Haven" Effect: Professors called the ban a way to create a "safe haven" free from the constant pings, distraction, and screen glare that ruin seminars.
Trendsetter Alert: Music Humanities already banned devices, and Columbia’s Law School has heavily clamped down on AI. Now, the rest of the Ivy League is watching closely to see if tech-free zones spread campus-wide.
Imagine paying Ivy League tuition just for the professor to treat your iPhone like you're in high school homeroom again. 😅
