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Christian Barnard, RealClearEducation Americans don’t agree on much these days, but we all seem to agree that higher education in our country is broken.

Blinder et al., New York Times It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration’s campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.

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Bianca Quilantan, Politico The Ivy League school previously reached a $50M deal with the federal government to resolve civil rights probes and reinstate $510M in federal research funds.

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Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter There is a new cost to hiring an international worker to fill a vital but otherwise vacant position in a California classroom: $100,000. In September, the Trump administration began requiring American employers to pay a $100,000 sponsorship fee for new H-1B visas, on top of already required visa application fees that amount to $9,500 to $18,800, depending on various factors. These visas allow skilled and credentialed workers in multiple job sectors to stay in the U.S. On Dec. 12, California joined 19 other states in…

Rachel del Guidice, New York Post The Buckley Institute’s report looked at Yale’s undergraduate departments, as well as its School of Management and Law School.

Microlearning Interventions For Maximum Impact In the corporate learning world, the idea of “transformation” often sounds grand, large-scale training overhauls, enterprise-wide capability projects, or massive upskilling initiatives spanning months. But a new shift is taking place that is less dramatic but far more powerful. Rooted in tiny moments such as small, targeted interventions, it quietly reshapes performance from the inside out. This emerging movement is what many are now calling micro-transformation. And while it may seem simple on the surface, it represents one of the most important evolutions for modern Learning Management Systems and corporate learning software. Why Micro-Transformation Matters…

A Guide For Overcoming L&D Obstacles L&D professionals are under pressure to deliver results within budget and ensure that training aligns with business outcomes. A lot’s expected of them because organizations know that solid learning programs are the foundation for long-term success. So, how can they move past challenges or avoid them altogether using the latest learning tech? eBook ReleaseThe Six Biggest Challenges Keeping L&D Professionals Up At Night Explore the most important challenges that L&D professionals must contend with today and practical ways forward. Navigating Your Biggest L&D Challenges With Real-World Examples In addition to offering best practices and…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter In April, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. turned the focus of his Make American Healthy Again movement toward school food, promising “major, dramatic changes” in school nutrition programs, which serve nearly 30 million students across the country each year. “School lunch programs have deteriorated where about 70% of the food that our children eat is ultraprocessed food, which is killing them,” Kennedy said during an April event. “We need to stop poisoning our kids and making sure that Americans are once again the healthiest kids…