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Fewer than half — 46% — of transgender and nonbinary young people ages 13-24 report that most or all of the people in their lives use what they consider to be their pronouns, according to data released by The Trevor Project last week. For teens ages 13-17, that percentage drops to 40%. Transgender and nonbinary young people who were addressed by their pronouns had lower rates of suicide attempts in the past year compared to those whose pronouns were ignored — 11% vs. 17%. That’s a 31% less chance of a past-year suicide attempt, according to the nonprofit that provides…

The Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL) at Shenandoah University has released “Lewis and Clark VR,” a virtual reality educational experience that follows the famed cross-country expedition led by Meriweather Lewis and William Clark in the early 19th century. The VR experience, developed by a team of Shenandoah students led by Adjunct Instructor of VR Design and Immersive Media Specialist Lee A. Graff ’19, M.Ed., offers a new level of interactivity and access to the significant sites and moments associated with the expedition, and aims to capture newer audiences and expand users’ understanding of this important piece of American history…

On Wednesday, the faculty senate voted on a resolution calls on the administration to review “procedures for dealing with contentious issues and politically charged situations.” Through their senate and American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter, faculty at the University of Oklahoma are pushing administrators for clarity on the suspension of Mel Curth, a graduate teaching assistant who was put on paid administrative leave last month after a student claimed Curth gave her an unfair grade because she cited the Bible. Faculty are also asking the university to strengthen its protection of instructors who are politically targeted or harassed. On…

Scott Yenor, City Journal Internet pornography makes people sicker and more callous.

I despise Larry Summers. As a professor, a president, an economist, and a person, I hate almost everything about him. Summers is a loudmouthed, condescending jerk, overflowing with idiotic, destructive, and bigoted ideas. When Summers’s close friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and his humiliating emails were revealed, it filled me with schadenfreude. And yet, Summers is still entitled to the protections of academic freedom—not because Summers is good, but because we need to defend the principle of academic freedom even when the professor in question is a scumbag. It is important to note that, as always, Summers is not suffering nearly…

Privacy As The Cornerstone Of The Learning Ecosystem There’s an invisible contract in every classroom, whether physical or digital. Students show up vulnerable, uncertain, willing to fail in order to learn. Teachers open their pedagogy. Publishers expose their intellectual capital. And somewhere in that exchange, trust either forms or fractures. For decades, this worked in physical spaces. A closed door. A graded paper returned face down. The implicit understanding that what happens in learning stays in learning. Then we moved online, and suddenly that contract became complicated. Can EdTech rebuild the trust that existed? When Efficiency Broke The Promise The…

You are here: Home / Scholarships / JK and Mary Ann Newville Memorial Engineering and Nursing Scholarship (Deadline: March 22, 2026) December 18, 2025 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: JK and Mary Ann Newville were beloved parents who got married in 1957, the same year JK graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in civil engineering. Mary Ann was studying nursing but dropped out to have and raise her and JK’s nine children. Mary Ann and JK valued education greatly, spending a small fortune sending all of their children to various colleges so they…

We are excited to introduce the third group of recipients of our 25th Anniversary Online Scholarships! As we celebrate 25 years of innovation and impact in online education, these scholarships mark not just a milestone for us, but an opportunity for the exceptional students who earned them. Meet six inspiring individuals who chose to pursue their goals through online learning at Post University. Their journeys are filled with dedication, resilience, and an authentic passion for learning. Each one beautifully reflects the spirit of this special anniversary year. Taylor Bryant Bachelor of Science Business Administration student “I run a small boutique…

by Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report December 18, 2025 Child care workers, students and teachers shared dismay over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that are disrupting learning. School superintendents and college presidents described how uncertainty around federal funding is making their jobs far trickier.  Others — including a charter school leader and a for-profit college president — told The Hechinger Report they were grateful for recent changes to education policy, including a new emphasis on school choice and on the importance of workforce education.  Those were just a few of the many reactions we heard from 17 parents, students, educators and…

by Nirvi Shah, The Hechinger Report December 18, 2025 Even with a conservative think tank’s blueprint detailing how the second Trump administration should reimagine the federal government’s role in education, few might have predicted what actually materialized this year for America’s schools and colleges.  Or what might be yet to come.  “2025 will go down as a banner year for education: the year we restored merit in higher education, rooted out waste, fraud and abuse, and began in earnest returning education to the states,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon told The Hechinger Report. She listed canceling K-12 grants she called wasteful,…