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Combining Human Insights With Verified Data To Highlight Trends That Matter AI fluency is one of the most critical skills to cultivate in your employees, but how can L&D leaders empower their teams to use, question, and collaborate with AI on a daily basis? This guide features the top AI-powered trends that organizations should consider when building their learning programs. eBook ReleaseAI-Powered L&D Trends 2026: The View From The Trenches Explore the AI-powered L&D trends redefining 2026, and how enterprise L&D teams can turn AI fluency into real business impact. AI-Powered Trends That Can Help You Shape Your L&D Strategy…

On January 7, 2017, The Associated Press announced that “Free-thinking author and columnist Nat Hentoff is dead at 91.” For well over 60 years, Hentoff was a one of America’s foremost public intellectuals and a familiar byline to free speech advocates and jazz aficionados. The First Amendment was a way of life for Nat Hentoff. He would have been 100 years old this year. To reflect on his life and legacy, we are joined by his son Nick Hentoff and filmmaker David Lewis, whose 2013 documentary, “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step,” explored Nat Hentoff’s embodiment of free expression…

Retro Report How activists pushed for the A.D.A., establishing rights for people with disabilities in the United States.

The department says Palantir was involved in a portal tracking universities’ foreign gifts and contracts. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is publicly expressing concern about the Education Department working with Palantir, a controversial artificial intelligence and data analysis company that serves the U.S. military and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The AAUP says it learned of the partnership when FedScoop reported that it noticed a message referencing Palantir on the website foreignfundinghighered.gov Dec. 4. An hour later, the website showed “a login page with the Palantir logo,” and, a couple of hours after that, “the Palantir logo was replaced…

For too long, assessment has functioned as an educational autopsy. Like an examination performed after the patient has expired, traditional testing provides an accurate post-mortem “verdict” that arrives too late to help the learner. It offers a static point-in-time picture—a snapshot of developed ability—but too often remains silent on the dynamic processes by which students actually learn and mature. In the 1950s, I (Edmund W. Gordon) worked alongside Else Haeussermann. When others dismissed children with neurological impairments as ‘uneducable’, Haeussermann saw potential waiting to be unlocked. She did not use tests to sort these children; she used diagnostics and observations…

Thank you for subscribing! The calendar turns, the confetti settles, and a new year dawns. For many, January 1st isn’t just another day; it’s a symbolic marker, a fresh page in the book of life. While the pressure to transform overnight can be overwhelming, the new year offers a unique opportunity for students to hit the reset button, set meaningful intentions, and make tangible progress towards a more fulfilling and successful academic and personal life. That’s right, it’s time to set your New Year’s goals so you can hit the ground running!     Win more scholarships with less effort…

A total of 14 centers and institutes will be decommissioned, according to a budget reductions presentation to the board in November.  Tar_Heel_Rob/iStock/Getty Images The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will close its area studies centers in 2026, faculty members within the centers told Inside Higher Ed. The six centers—the Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies—are all expected to close at some point next year. “Our leadership…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Florida professors, university faculty, and teaching assistants could soon be able to openly carry firearms on campus, thanks to a sweeping new measure filed by a Republican lawmaker. Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Crestview, is sponsoring the legislation, entitled “School Safety,” to address security concerns in higher education. If passed, the bill would remove college campuses as gun-free zones — marking a significant shift in how Florida handles gun issues. It would become one of the few Second Amendment expansion bills adopted in Florida since the Parkland…

When Vevian Nguyen heard the strike of a gong echo for the 10th time, signaling that 10,000 meals had been made, her school cafeteria erupted in applause, and she knew her gloves and hairnet were staying on. “Every time we hit the gong, it felt like a little pat on the back, like, ‘Oh, you did something good,’” Vevian said. “Now you can keep doing it.”  Within an hour, Vevian and more than 200 students at Laguna Creek High School, a school in the Elk Grove Unified School District in Sacramento County, packed more than 10,000 meals to be donated…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / Corporal Benjamin Ashley Memorial Scholarship (Deadline: February 16, 2026) December 19, 2025 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: Must be a graduating Senior from Truman High School in Independence, Missouri; Must be pursuing an undergraduate degree at any accredited junior college, college or university; Must have participated in music-related activities, whether in school or not; Must have demonstrated participation in community service activities; Must have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Submission: Transcripts showing grades through Fall Semester 2025. Any applications submitted with transcripts omitting Fall Semester 2025 will not be considered.…