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Jennifer Kabbany, The College Fix ‘Staff titles have changed, and some diversity programs and offices have been rebranded, but much of UM’s commitment to advance DEI campus-wide remains robust.’

Editors, Washington Post About two-thirds of grades at Harvard College last school year were A’s. That doesn’t count A-minuses, which were another 18 percent, meaning fewer than one in six…

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Dive Brief:  The Texas Tech University System plans to close all academic programs focused on sexual orientation and gender identity, according to a Thursday memo from Chancellor Brandon Creighton to the system’s five institutional leaders.  Creighton’s memo establishes a course policy that requires “recognition of only two human sexes and strictly prohibits the endorsement of a gender spectrum or fluid gender identities as empirical biological science.”  The memo is in line with a 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump declaring that the federal government would only recognize two sexes, male and female. However, health experts have pushed back against…

The Trump administration’s recent decision to scrap several civil rights settlements with school districts and one community college undermines a bedrock assumption for institutions: that the terms of an agreement will be upheld, even if the administration changes. The rescissions could further erode the relationship between institutions and the federal government, which has fractured since Trump returned to the White House. Institutions have found that they can’t rely on the government as a dependable partner; federal agencies have cut grants without notice and imposed penalties without due process, creating uncertainty and risk for institutions. Now they can’t assume that a…

Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes Ben Gomes spent 21 years building Google Search, overseeing the system that processes billions of queries a day. Now, as Google’s Chief Technology Advocate for Learning,…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Hazel Health, which once described itself as “the largest K-12 mental and physical health provider in the nation,” faces an uncertain future after enduring two rounds of layoffs since last fall and the loss of several lucrative contracts with school districts.  In February, the telehealth company let go of 135 staff members, including clinicians who worked directly with students and families, leaving about 500 employees.  The company lost one of its biggest customers, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, last year. It shortened its…

Designing For Impact, Not Content Consumption While useful for highlighting quantifiable achievements, traditional metrics rarely reflect real impact, often failing to prove that learning occurred. At Kashida, we believe that learning programs should add value and address real needs for both learners and organizations. Instead of only focusing on how many learners consumed the content and completed the course, we should prioritize crafting experiences that generate impact and real, tangible behavioral change. Let’s explore how L&D leaders, capability-building teams, and decision-makers across sectors can reframe learning success, moving beyond conventional evaluation strategies. The Limitations Of Traditional Metrics If completion has…

On April 2, eight students from Shenandoah University’s School of Business visited Deloitte for a career exploration and networking experience that introduced them to opportunities in the accounting profession and connected them with professionals at one of the Big Four firms. The group included students in the accounting concentration from multiple class years, giving participants at different stages of their academic journey the chance to hear from Deloitte speakers, engage with professionals across service lines, and gain a deeper understanding of the many paths available in public accounting. The visit was part of Deloitte’s Access Accounting program, which invites students…