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The Chi­nese film­mak­er Wang Bing’s ‘Til Mad­ness Do Us Part, a doc­u­men­tary about a men­tal insti­tu­tion in Yun­nan, runs three hours and 48 min­utes. Beau­ty Lives in Free­dom, on the life of impris­oned artist Gao Ertai, is five and a half hours long; Dead Souls, on the sur­vivors of a hard-labor camp in the Gobi Desert, eight hours and fif­teen min­utes. Even if you know noth­ing else of his work, you may get the impres­sion that Wang isn’t the most shame­less­ly com­mer­cial of film­mak­ers. The extreme dura­tion of some of his movies sure­ly make them a hard sell, as do his…

Critics argued the new Tennessee law weakens tenure by eliminating existing due process procedures. rruntsch/iStock/Getty Images Plus Tennessee governor Bill Lee signed into law a bill that will require public college and university governing boards to create policies that “clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members” and ensure that disciplinary policies are the same for tenured and nontenured faculty.  Supporters of House Bill 2194, signed last week, said the new rules will prevent faculty from using tenure as a shield against misconduct consequences. Critics argued that it weakens tenure by eliminating existing due process procedures for…

Leila Fadel, NPR NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks to filmmaker Ken Burns, an alumnus of Hampshire College, about the school’s plan to permanently close at the end of the fall semester.

A live painting opportunity at Ball State University led to a paid mural commission for art student Taylor Woodruff—giving her hands-on professional experience and connecting her with two recent alumni in a meaningful way. In late 2025, Ms. Woodruff was selected as one of three student artists to showcase their work through live art experiences during the social hour of Ball State’s annual Power of Beneficence event, which celebrates the generous donors, alumni, and friends who support the University’s philanthropic initiatives and student scholarships. During the event, her art and personality caught the attention of 2023 Ball State graduates Jalen…

A law preventing university ID cards from being used as voter identification in Indiana is back in effect. Students can’t use their public university identification cards to vote in Indiana, again. A state law banning student ID for voting purposes went back into effect Monday after an appeals court decision, The Indiana Capital Chronicle reported. Last week, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the year-old law in response to a lawsuit from an Indiana University student and voter advocacy organizations. The plaintiffs argued the law infringed on young people’s voting rights. But the state of Indiana filed an…

Video Short Play Video 2:40 By The 74 April 21, 2026 Matthew Campisi is an engineering professional and STEM educator determined to get his students to use their skills to improve the world.

Turning PDFs To Interactive Learning Experiences We have a document problem in L&D. Not a lack of documents; quite the opposite. Most organizations are drowning in them. Onboarding handbooks, compliance policies, product manuals, safety procedures, process guides. The knowledge is there. It’s thorough, it’s accurate, and it’s been carefully written by Subject Matter Experts who know their stuff. The problem is that almost nobody reads them. Various studies report that very few employees actually apply what they learn from traditional training to their day-to-day work. That’s not because the content is bad. It’s because the format doesn’t match how people…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Enrollment in California K-12 schools, and in schools across the country, is declining rapidly as birth rates drop and immigration rates fall. This school year, California had the largest decline in enrollment rates since 2021-22, after schools returned from the pandemic. Enrollment in public schools declined by 1.3%, or by 74,961 students, according to data released Thursday by the California Department of Education. State public school enrollment is now at 5.7 million students. The biggest declines were in private schools, with a 6.6% drop in…

As the clock ticked down, schools were simply unprepared to be graded on their assignment.Federal disability law has required local governments to make their websites accessible for decades. Two years ago, during the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Justice published a “final rule” spelling out how schools could measure whether their websites and mobile apps were accessible for students with disabilities, relying on widely accepted guidelines. The agency also set enforcement dates based on population size. For states and local governments with a population over 50,000, the first date would have taken effect later this week.Experts told EdSurge at…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Although artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way companies do business, 53% of employers said their main challenge was finding graduates with the right AI skills, according to new research from Pearson and Amazon Web Services. The report found that 78% of higher education leaders said they believed they were meeting employer expectations, but only 28% of employers said universities were keeping up with AI‑driven change. Meanwhile, a scant 14% of current graduates said they had achieved a high level…