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January 6, 2026 At Montclair, Austrian national champion Olga Mikutina fits training for the Winter Olympics 2026 into a full schedule of classes, work shifts and campus life Posted in: Business, Homepage News, Montclair Life, University Olga Mikutina, Austria’s national figure skating champion, runs through her short program during a training session at the Montclair State University Ice Arena.​ (Photography by University Photographer Mike Peters) Montclair Life: Photography by University Photographer Mike Peters Olga Mikutina carves deep edges into the ice at the Montclair State University Ice Arena, building the speed and rotation that turns heads. Austria’s Olympic figure skater…

Trey Conatser’s response on LinkedIn to the IHE guest post “Responding to Disruption? Consult a Center for Teaching and Learning” is getting shared around higher ed CTL and AI communities. As the assistant provost for teaching and learning and director of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) at the University of Kentucky, Trey is well positioned to think about how AI is changing higher education. I asked if Trey would answer my questions, and he graciously agreed. Q: Where do CTLs come into the AI higher ed story? What has been going on with AI at…

Reagan Allen, James G. Martin Center The most confusing part of the college decision is no longer writing application essays but trying to pin down a price that often feels deliberately elusive.

By: Mason Pashia and Beth Ardner Images are from TalentPass by Gobekli The infrastructure for learner employment records (LERs) and digital credentialing wallets has a lot of momentum. State legislation is passing. Workforce partnerships are launching. Data interoperability standards are being finalized. The employer validation work is underway. And none of it matters if nobody uses it. I (Mason) have tried to set up my own learner wallet multiple times with various emerging tools. Each time, I give up. Filling in the gaps of prior knowledge and experience is incredibly tedious, no matter how good the UX is. If someone…

Education Secretary Linda McMahon told a conservative news outlet she wants to focus less on higher ed this year. The comment comes after the Trump administration’s yearlong use of multiple federal departments to pressure universities and their employees and students to conform to the White House’s desires. McMahon discussed her 2026 priorities in an interview with Breitbart before Christmas. As the outlet put it, “McMahon said the new year is a chance to shift a little bit away from higher education and focus on elementary and secondary.” (Education Department spokespeople didn’t respond Monday to Inside Higher Ed’s requests for further…

EdSurge readers are well-rounded students of education news. In 2025, the K-12 articles that proved most popular with our audience reflected the breadth of the big trends gaining momentum in school districts and classrooms.Even though U.S. education is largely governed by state policy, last year a significant source of change came from the White House. Two of our top 10 stories explored the nuances of executive orders signed by President Trump.Of course, news about artificial intelligence topped the list, too. About a third of the most-read stories took readers past the hype to explore how educators and students are actually…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / Tausha Hobbs Memorial Scholarship 2026 (Deadline: July 15, 2026) January 5, 2026 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: Tausha Hobbs was an extraordinary woman whose generosity left a lasting impact on her community and everyone she encountered. She lived with a deep commitment to uplifting others, always seeking ways to inspire and support those around her. Driven by a passion for positive change, Tausha always wanted to transform lives for the positive—whether by empowering individuals, strengthening communities, or contributing to a better world. A talented professional in marketing and design, she…

It was long ago that poly­the­ism, as the sto­ry comes down to us, gave way to monothe­ism. Human­i­ty used to have many gods, and now almost every reli­gious believ­er acknowl­edges just one — though which god, exact­ly, does vary. Some pop­u­lar the­o­ries of “big his­to­ry” hold that, as the scale of a soci­ety grows larg­er, the num­ber of deities pro­posed by its faiths gets small­er. In that scheme, it makes sense that the grow­ing Roman Empire would even­tu­al­ly adopt Chris­tian­i­ty, and also that the gods it first inher­it­ed from the city-states of ancient Greece would be so numer­ous. Through our…

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: President Donald Trump did not exceed his authority when he issued a Sept. 19 proclamation requiring employers to pay an additional $100,000 before new H-1B visas can be processed, a federal district court judge held Dec. 23 in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. President Trump legitimately exercised his broad discretion authorized by the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict the entry of noncitizens into the U.S., the judge found. Trump…

New research from Wake Forest University shows that boosting a student’s sense of belonging in college can significantly increase their likelihood of earning a degree. The findings draw on nationally representative survey data from more than 21,000 undergraduates enrolled in two- and four-year colleges across the country. The survey measured belonging by asking students to rate their agreement with the statement “I feel that I am a part of [school]” on a five-point scale, where 1 means strongly disagree and 5 means strongly agree. Students who rated their sense of belonging in their second year one step higher on the…