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Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: President Donald Trump on Tuesday fully banned individuals from an additional seven countries from traveling to the U.S., as well as those with travel documentation from Palestinian authorities, effective Jan. 1. In a presidential proclamation, he also placed partial entry limitations on 15 additional countries, including Nigeria, one of the top 10 sources for international students in the U.S. Higher education officials pushed back on the travel ban expansion — which will include 39 countries — arguing it will further…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I asked my fourth graders as we circled up for our morning meeting. Hands shot up: doctor, basketball player, singer. Then, a student named Zoey Woods looked at me with a giant grin and said, “A teacher and a scientist, just like you.” That stopped me in my tracks. She had seen me on my PBS Kids series, where I explore science and technology — and for which I was recently nominated for an Emmy…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Coursera is acquiring fellow MOOC provider Udemy to create an online education and upskilling giant valued at $2.5 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.  The combined company is poised to generate $1.5 billion in annual revenue and eliminate some $115 million in costs, Coursera and Udemy said in a press release.  In explaining the deal — expected to close in the second half of 2026 — the companies pointed to their complementary consumer-facing and business-to-business offerings, as well as rising demand…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / Audrey Claire Todd Memorial Scholarship 2026 (Deadline: March 11, 2026) December 17, 2025 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: Audrey Claire Todd, a beloved daughter, tragically lost her life at the age of 17 due to a drunk driving accident. Audrey was a bright, loving soul who was about to begin her senior year at Castle View High School. She had a deep passion for music, soccer, tennis, track, caring for animals, practicing ASL, archery, and so much more. Audrey was known for her kindness, reliability, and unwavering love for others.…

The White House said the restrictions were needed in part to advance national security objectives. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Trump administration announced entry restrictions on 20 more countries Tuesday, including Nigeria, a top source of international students for U.S. colleges and universities. The proclamation expands the number of countries under a full or partial ban from 19 announced in June to 39. Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria are the five new countries that are fully banned. Partial restrictions will now be applied to people from Nigeria as well as Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica,…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Students at Baldwin High School’s Medical and Health Sciences Academy — one of seven career-focused academies in the New York school — have been gaining real-world experience thanks to artificial intelligence-powered medical “manikins” that mimic human movements and speech, as well as medical emergencies like heart attacks, seizures and respiratory failures.  More typically found at the college level, if not medical or nursing school, these manikins are situated in classrooms designed like hospital rooms, with a bed and medical equipment.…

By Jace Gibson ’26 In summer 2025, film production student Jennah Elganainy ’26 completed an internship with Antelope Park, a wildlife conservation reserve in Gweru, Zimbabwe. She took photos and videos of various animals, such as lions, rhinos and zebras, in their natural habitats. Additionally, she conducted a series of interviews with local volunteers, and shot footage of a local school and orphanage for use in a documentary about the park. “I learned so much from my internship. Not only did I learn how to edit and record the wildlife, I learned how to adapt to new environments. You can’t…

Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Federal Republican lawmakers on Tuesday suggested that increasing students’ access and participation in sports could help stem school and gun violence, as Democrats pushed back on whether that’s a viable solution. The disagreement came on the heels of a fatal mass shooting at Brown University that occurred on the eve of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre’s 13th anniversary.  “This is a hearing on school safety,” said House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg, R-Mich. Walberg spoke during a hearing titled “Benched:…

President Donald Trump’s skepticism of the current accreditation system bled into Tuesday’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) meeting—the first since Education Secretary Linda McMahon and other officials were confirmed. The Trump administration has cast accreditation as beset by alleged woke priorities, a theme repeated Tuesday along with pledges to shake up the system. Concerns about a supposed pervasive liberal ideology among such bodies prompted an executive order in April that threatened to strip federal recognition from accreditors that require institutions to engage in unlawful diversity practices. The Department of Education is also seeking public comment on…

One day after entering office in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned what it called “discriminatory” diversity, equity and inclusion practices in the federal government, promising to “restor[e] merit-based opportunity.” It was the administration’s first mention of merit, which would soon become a buzzword both in and out of the higher education context. In a joint address to Congress in March, Trump said that under his leadership, individuals would be “hired based on merit” rather than race or gender. As the administration reached agreements with universities accused of perpetuating antisemitism on campus, institutions like Columbia University…