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On paper, freshly hired University of Virginia president Scott C. Beardsley appears to have all the bona fides of a qualified higher ed leader: multiple advanced degrees and more than a decade of experience leading a top business school. But that has not stymied outrage about his selection. Last month the Virginia Board of Visitors voted to elevate him from business school dean to the top job, filling a vacancy left by former president James Ryan, who resigned under pressure after board leadership struck an agreement with the Department of Justice to close investigations into alleged civil rights infractions. Ryan…

The neglect I experienced at the hands of my undergraduate institution (The University of Illinois, 1988–1992) could not be described as “benign” because it was not designed for my benefit, but reflecting on the past through the lens of the present challenges to education, I’m grateful for it. For all practical purposes, I was left to my own devices, both academically and socially. We were provided a student handbook with information on degrees and programs and a catalog with course descriptions and were basically required to figure stuff out from there. After I’d accrued 60 hours of credit, I didn’t…

Account Management: Why A One-Size-Fits-All Approach Costs You Revenue 63% of employees want more “in-the-moment” feedback on their performance, but nearly half get it only once or twice a year. The ones who do receive meaningful feedback are 3.6 times more likely to be motivated to do outstanding work compared to those getting annual feedback. [1] For account managers, where adaptability directly impacts revenue, this feedback gap is particularly costly. When account managers run the same playbook regardless of account size or renewal complexity, it impacts every key metric, from renewal rates and expansion revenue to net revenue retention. Different…

Nineth Koso, TDN Northwestern, NU Graduate Workers for Palestine and two graduate students jointly filed a voluntary dismissal Dec. 22 of a class-action lawsuit alleging the University’s bias…

The NIH’s attempt to cap indirect research cost reimbursement rates remains blocked. Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post via Getty Images A federal appeals court is keeping in place the ban on the National Institutes of Health’s attempt to cap indirect research cost reimbursement rates for universities and researchers who receive its grant money. The decision preserves institutions’ access to billions of dollars for annual expenses, such as lab costs and patient safety, which are not easily connected to specific projects. The NIH negotiates individual reimbursement rates with each institution, but a cap would change that and limit funding. U.S. District Court…

Artificial intelligence promises to transform how we measure human potential, but it too often demands our trust without showing its work. Asking educators and families to rely on AI-powered inferences without transparency is like asking passengers to board a plane with a windowless, instrument-free cockpit. Yet, this ‘black box’ approach risks becoming the default, driven by proprietary models and a collective failure to prioritize SAFE guide rails specific to education. Fortunately, this trend contradicts the trajectory of the measurement sciences, which are actively sharing their scientific source code by making resources such as Educational Measurement (5th edition) and the Standards…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / Hodge Legacy Community Service Scholarship 2026 (Deadline: July 1, 2026) January 7, 2026 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: Education has great power and gives students the potential to change their own lives and to better their communities. However, financial limitations stand in the way of many bright and passionate students who have all of the dedication they need to succeed in school but not the resources they need to get there. Scholarships, grants, and other financial aid are often the only way low-income students are able to afford college. Students…

William Gib­son famous­ly observed that the future is already here, it’s just not even­ly dis­trib­uted. That line is often thought to have been inspired by Japan, which was already pro­ject­ing a thor­ough­ly futur­is­tic image, at least in pop­u­lar cul­ture, by the time he made his debut with Neu­ro­mancer in 1984. But as any­one who’s spent enough time in the coun­try under­stands — albeit not with­out frus­tra­tion — even twen­ty-first-cen­tu­ry Japan remains in many ways a pre-dig­i­tal soci­ety. Many busi­ness­es only take cash, more than a few ser­vices require com­mu­ni­ca­tion by fax, and there’s no sub­sti­tute for a phys­i­cal han­ko seal on impor­tant doc­u­ments.…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The stage was set, the drones were lined up, and education representatives from across Colorado gathered to watch. Students from St. Vrain Valley Schools, members of the first high school drone team in the country, prepared to send 200 small flying devices into the air and shape them into breathtaking formations, in front of the historic Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Up went the drones, and then, suddenly, down went the drones. A frequency conflict resulted in the team losing control of their devices, only…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter As the nation’s K–12 landscape shifts, public charter schools still face a persistent barrier: equitable access to school facilities. Florida offers a revealing case study. Unlike in places such as New York City, where facilities sharing is common, Florida charters spend a significant share of their budgets on private space — funds that could be better spent on instruction.   Rather than treating district buildings as contested territory, communities, districts and charter operators should view underused public space as an opportunity to expand access for students…