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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Embarking on a treasure hunt for the art and artifacts held by the Los Angeles Unified School District is no small feat.  The nation’s second-largest school district is home to 389,000 students and roughly 100,000 pieces of art, including paintings, sculptures, maps and murals.The art can be found in schools and district buildings across the district’s over 700-square-mile terrain. It is part of its Art & Artifact Collection, which began sometime in the 1850s and morphed into a multi-million-dollar collection today.Sure, the collection holds school…

Susan Svrluga, Washington Post AI tools infused with faculty expertise are intended to help students think through solutions while exploring and refining ideas.

The college admissions process has changed—a lot. Families who rely on outdated advice often find themselves overwhelmed, confused, and facing unexpected costs. That’s why understanding modern college admissions process tips is more important than ever. In a recent episode of The Ol’ College Try, Peg Keough sat down with former Stanford student, longtime English teacher, and college essay expert Mark Hernandez to break down what actually works—and what doesn’t—in today’s admissions landscape. College Admissions Process Tips #1: Good Grades Alone Won’t Get You In One of the most important college admissions process tips is understanding that strong academics are no…

Chera Watson, EDU Ledger More than half of U.S. college students are using artificial intelligence in their coursework at least weekly

Landing a paid internship or your first post-grad job in 2026 feels a bit like playing a high-stakes game where the rules change every week. We’ve seen significant shifts in the market this year, with major layoffs reported across tech and logistics sectors. Yet, companies are still starving for the right talent. If you are a college student or a high school senior heading to campus this fall, you are entering a market defined by AI noise. To win, you need to be faster than the bots, but more human than the “slop.” Here is your deep-dive guide to learning…

“Too rich for aid too poor to pay” is the frustrating reality for many middle-class families trying to afford college today. As tuition rises and financial aid formulas become more complex, parents often find themselves stuck earning too much to qualify for aid but not enough to comfortably pay for college. College isn’t what it used to be.It’s more competitive, confusing, and costly than ever. According to the most recent College Board data, the average in-state public university is around $26k/year.The average out-of-state public university is around $41k/year.The average private college is around $61k/year.Shockingly, many “highly rejective” schools (er, “highly…

Safieh Moghaddam, Faculty Focus As a linguistics professor who is currently teaching in the middle of the generative AI boom, I have been thinking about how we can use AI not just as a tool,…

Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. More than a dozen colleges announced new presidents in March as officials look ahead to the end of the academic year. But not every departure and arrival was expected. Ohio State University underwent two surprise presidential changes — one when its leader resigned abruptly amid scandal and another when its board selected a new permanent president less than a week later. Even the more traditional leadership transitions likely bring their own set of challenges. At least three colleges selected new leaders as…

Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump proposed a fiscal 2027 budget on Friday that calls for eliminating three key educational access programs and $354 million in grants for minority-serving institutions as part of a plan to shrink the U.S. Department of Education’s overall funding. The plan would lower discretionary funding for the Education Department to $76.5 billion, a 2.9% cut from fiscal 2026. Higher education programs alone would lose $2.7 billion, according to the blueprint. The moves put the Education Department “on a path to elimination,”…

African universities need to capitalize on what makes them African and reclaim how they are presented to the rest of the world, university leaders have told a Times Higher Education event. Kenneth Matengu, president of the Association of African Universities, said if universities on the continent were intent on decoupling the higher education system from Western ideals, more thought needs to be given to what this means in practice. “We have to ask the questions, when we are talking of decolonizing education, what we actually mean, and what does this look like when organizing higher education? How does it work?”…