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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?”…

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Department of Education would face a 3% cut in funding under President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, including $8.5 billion in eliminations and consolidations for selected K-12 programs. It would also legislate the transfer of some responsibilities out of the agency. “The Budget puts the Department of Education (ED), which has failed the Nation’s children, teachers, and families, on a path to elimination,” the budget proposal said. The proposed budget requests $76.5 billion for the Education Department for…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: President Donald Trump took another swing at longtime diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in education, this time through his fiscal year 2027 budget request released Friday. The proposal would slash the Office for Civil Rights,  which is tasked with protecting students from discrimination in education programs, by 35% from $140 million in FY 2025 to $91 million.  The administration once more proposed slashing all $7 million for the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity Assistance Centers, which were established as part…

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John Ballard, president of the National Intelligence University, has been named president of Dakota State University, beginning in June. Brenda Kelly, provost and dean of the college at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota, has been appointed president of St. Scholastica, effective July 1. Michael Lewis, provost and chief academic officer at Saint Louis University, has been elected president of St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, effective July 1. Frank McKenzie, executive director of the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute and executive director of the Florida Center for Cybersecurity, has been named president of the Citadel in Charleston, S.C.,…

Why AI Prompts Are Reshaping eLearning Content Creation AI prompts for eLearning are transforming how digital training content is made. They do not replace Instructional Designers, but help them reach more people. How? Well, now, professionals can use AI to quickly create ideas, outlines, and even complete learning experiences. This change means moving from traditional content creation to prompt engineering. Simply put, your results depend on how clearly you guide the AI. Well-structured eLearning AI prompts should include context, audience, and goals, so you can get better and more useful results than with general requests. For freelancers, SMEs, and content…

The American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Science Dean’s List recognizes undergraduate academic excellence achieved through each semester (January-April; May-August; September-December). Eligibility for the Dean’s List is based on the cumulative grade point average for all course work at American Sentinel College of 3.9 or higher and a semester grade point average of 3.9 or higher. Undergraduate students who completed two courses in September through December and earned at least a 3.9 average are recognized. This list also includes students in SIMPath programs who completed two or more courses in the July through October semesters and met the same…