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December 16, 2025 Innovative visual biofeedback technology, developed by a Montclair State University speech-language pathology professor, is helping children with speech sound disorders and training future SLPs Posted in: College for Community Health, Research, University Eight-year-old Colette Fougere works on her ‘r’ sound with Montclair SLP graduate student researcher Alexis Gallagher using visual-acoustic biofeedback technology. (Photo by John J. LaRosa) Eight-year-old Colette Fougere is finally learning to pronounce her ‘r’ sounds after just a few weeks of a new speech-language therapy intervention at Montclair State University’s Speech-Language Pathology Clinic. Working closely with a graduate student researcher and using visual-acoustic biofeedback…

An investigation cleared Pines of academic misconduct. University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland College Park President Darryll Pines did not commit academic misconduct, an investigation determined, clearing him of plagiarism allegations that emerged last September. A joint investigation that involved both the campus and the University System of Maryland but was led by an outside law firm “found no evidence of misconduct on the part of President Pines,” according to an emailed announcement from College Park and system officials sent on Friday. Last fall, Pines was accused of lifting 1,500 words from a tutorial website for a 5,000-word…

Thank you for subscribing! The semester is winding down, and soon campuses will quiet as students head home for winter break. For many, this marks a time of joy and reunion with family and old friends. But for some, this quiet might bring a sense of feeling alone or disappointed about the connections they haven’t quite forged in their first few months of college.     Win more scholarships with less effort Simplify and focus your application process with the one-stop platform for vetted scholarships. Check for scholarships If you’re heading home feeling like you haven’t found your people yet,…

AI Tools: Everything You Need To Know About Their Functions And Features Artificial Intelligence has made a significant impact across multiple industries, and most recently in Learning and Development and the HR tech market. More and more businesses are using AI tools to streamline processes, provide personalized learning, and expand their market reach more quickly and efficiently. However, as the number of AI tool vendors rapidly grows, choosing the right solution for your business can become a complicated task. If you are interested in delving deeper into the world of AI tools but aren’t sure where to start, you have…

Marcus Johnson negotiated his own record deal at age 19. Once his deals didn’t work out, he realized that he needed to be on the other side of the desk, too. So, he earned a juris doctor (law degree) and an MBA. Expanding boundaries The record deal came, he told students recently in a new ventures creation class taught by Adjunct Instructor of Entrepreneurship and Dean Emeritus of the Shenandoah School of Business Miles Davis, Ph.D., as he studied music engineering and technology at the University of Miami. During his graduate studies at Georgetown University, he released two CDs of…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter PROVIDENCE — It was supposed to be a joyful event. But a Christmas tree and menorah lighting scheduled for late Sunday afternoon at Lippitt Memorial Park was turned into a vigil for the victims of Saturday’s shooting at Brown University. Despite the mid-20-degree weather and falling snow in Providence, over 200 people gathered to light candles to honor the two students who were killed and nine others who were wounded inside the Barus and Holley engineering building. Councilor Sue AnderBois began the holiday event at…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has launched a new earnings indicator for students as part of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) process, according to a press release. Using existing federal data, the indicator provides students and their families with information about a school’s post-graduation earnings, says the release. Of 162 North Carolina institutions in the database, 27 are flagged as having “lower earnings” and 13 do not have available data. Most of the flagged institutions are trade schools, but a few…

How Can Data Analytics Help You Boost Learner Engagement? In a time of limited resources and rising demands, L&D teams must demonstrate the value of their training initiatives if they want stakeholders to continue investing in them. The most important indicators of a training program’s success are learner engagement and training impact. But how can we be certain that a training program is succeeding in these areas? The answer is straightforward. Businesses need to prioritize data-driven learning, where all decisions are based on carefully collected analytics. In this article, we will discuss common engagement hurdles that businesses face as well…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / 2026 Lyndsey Scott Coding+ Scholarship (Deadline: May 1, 2026) December 16, 2025 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: The computer science field is one of the fastest growing and most lucrative industries, but there’s a stark lack of diversity when it comes to both people and ideas. The Lyndsey Scott Coding+ Scholarship will support the next generation of multi-faceted computer scientists, with a special focus on coders, by providing financial assistance for their degree. The goal is to uplift a diverse group of students who want to combine computer science with…

?si=RT8MgKeGcVzX6p9X How many peo­ple have ever walked the earth? Good ques­tion, even if you’ve nev­er quite pon­dered it before. Accord­ing to the Pop­u­la­tion Ref­er­ence Bureau, a non-prof­it research orga­ni­za­tion, if you trav­el back to 8000 B.C.E., the world pop­u­la­tion stood at about 5 mil­lion. By 1 C.E., the num­ber climbs to 300 mil­lion, before grad­u­al­ly increas­ing to 500 mil­lion in 1650. Once we get beyond the plagues of the medieval peri­od, our pop­u­la­tion explodes, reach­ing the 1 bil­lion mark in 1800 and then 8 bil­lion in 2022. Tak­en togeth­er, an esti­mat­ed 117 bil­lion peo­ple have col­lec­tive­ly lived on our plan­et,…