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A DOJ report is the latest in the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle minority-serving programs. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | d1sk and nullplus/iStock/Getty Images The Department of Justice has declared a slew of Department of Education programs and grants unconstitutional based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and the University of North Carolina. According to a report by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), minority-serving institution (MSI) programs are unlawful because they award money to colleges and universities based on the percentage of students of a certain race. The report…

Five Shenandoah University students attended the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation’s Ignite Retreat in October 2025, a three-day event that advances the foundation’s mission to help college students strengthen their leadership abilities through transformative workshops and mentorship opportunities. Alice McNutt ’28 and Valeria Perero Santa Cruz ’28 Valeria Perero Santa Cruz ’28 (Bachelor of Music in performance and Bachelor of Music in music education), Francesca Brown ’28 (Bachelor of Science in chemistry), Katherine Weinhold ’25 (Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in psychology), Katelyn Garback ’26 (Bachelor of Arts in English and Bachelor of Science in psychology), and Alice…

Dominic Coletti, Duke The University’s effort to silence employees reflects the dangers of federal overreach.

Holiday-Themed eLearning Content Ideas To Boost Learner Engagement December is often a hectic month for most organizations, with employees rushing to meet performance goals, close sales cycles, finalize budgets, and complete year-end reviews. However, as the holidays approach, there are ways to offer a welcome break from the year-end whirlwind. An effective approach is to explore festive eLearning content ideas that can keep learners engaged while fostering a sense of community and keeping spirits up. In this article, we propose ideas to “spruce up” your eLearning content in a way that is purposeful and relevant, without causing distractions. 8 eLearning…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Right now, tomorrow’s workforce is on TikTok and Instagram, looking at “influencer” or “crypto genius” as an exciting career option — not so different, really, from a previous generation wanting to be a pop star or win Shark Tank. Like those old-school dream gigs, today’s hot online careers are mostly unattainable and unstable. For some young people, they’re also a capitulation: “My job feels like a dead end and business school isn’t in my future. Maybe people will watch me unbox purchases.” The next generation,…

Practical, Responsible Ways To Use AI In Professional Development Design Professional Development (PD) is one of the first terms many of us learn when we step into the world of work. PD can elicit a wide range of emotions from excitement and curiosity to indifference or even dread. Regardless of how we feel about it, PD is here to stay. AI is rapidly transforming both daily life and the workplace. As organizations roll out targeted PD on AI and its uses, many who are already proficient with AI are finding that it improves efficiency and, in some cases, the quality…

How­ev­er cel­e­brat­ed by his­to­ri­ans, scru­ti­nized by archae­ol­o­gists, and descend­ed-upon by tourists it may be, Pom­peii is not excep­tion­al — not even in the fate of hav­ing been buried in ash by Mount Vesu­vius in the year 76, which also hap­pened to the near­by town of Her­cu­la­neum. Rather, it is the sheer ordi­nar­i­ness of that medi­um-sized provin­cial Roman city that we most val­ue today, inad­ver­tent­ly pre­served as it was by that vol­canic dis­as­ter. The new Lost in Time video above recon­structs Pom­peii as it must have looked at the very end of its days, tak­ing a look at every­thing from its…

Oscar Rendón, Buckley Beacon Sister Raffaella Petrini, the highest-ranking woman in the Vatican City State, discussed her trailblazing career and leadership lessons.

Join our zero2eight Substack community for more discussion about the latest news in early care and education. Sign up now. Hunger is on the rise for the early care and education workforce, according to recent research from the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, and signs suggest the challenge is unlikely to improve in the short term.  In June, 58% of early care and education providers surveyed by the RAPID Survey Project at Stanford said they were experiencing hunger, which researchers measured using six questions about food insecurity developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These providers, who span a variety…

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts. Too many teachers are struggling with getting good results from AI. Sometimes it just goes “off the rails,” or they might get good results one day and not the next. The same thing happens with students as they use AI. Problems caused by not understanding how AI works leads to lost time, confusion, and sometimes even student misuse. Much of this problem is related to the context window of AI. How do we understand AI and the context window?…