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Soft Skills Training For Neurodiverse Teams: What Needs To Change? Diversity and inclusion have been high on the priority list of organizations in recent years. As a result, it’s not uncommon for them to re-examine how they support neurodiverse employees to help them perform to the best of their abilities. However, while they may be promoting awareness and taking steps to address sensory challenges, soft skills training often doesn’t receive the same amount of attention. In the spirit of World Autism Acceptance Month 2026 and its theme “Every Life Has Value,” we discuss how neurodiverse teams, and individuals with autism…

Lance King|Getty ImagesA general view of the Duke University Chapel on the campus of Duke University The following schools admitted all or almost all students from their waitlists of more than 100: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, University of California–Irvine, Indiana University–Bloomington, Pepperdine University and University of Oregon. This data is from the U.S. News Best Colleges survey regarding the entering class of 2024. According to the same data, at least 57% of schools did not wait-list any students in fall 2024, and 3% did not say whether they have a waitlist policy. Among the institutions that had…

The report comes after several flagship universities began requiring test scores once again. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | yenwen/iStock/Getty Images New qualitative research shows that students who were admitted through test-optional admissions—and their professors—generally don’t feel underqualified to attend their institutions, despite claims otherwise from those who oppose the policies. The team led by Julie Park, a professor of education at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a leading researcher of college admissions, interviewed 57 students, as well as faculty, admissions staff and other stakeholders from two anonymous selective public universities that had test-optional policies when…

Samuel J. Abrams, RealClearEducation Observers across the political spectrum have identified a real problem in American higher education: too many campuses have drifted from genuine inquiry…

Tim Killeen is the president of the University of Illinois System.U.S. News: How can prospective students decide if the University of Illinois is right for them?Killeen: Choosing a university is about finding a place where a student can thrive and grow academically, personally and professionally. I often encourage prospective students to ask not simply, “Where will I go to college?” but, “Where will I develop the skills, experiences and networks that will positively shape the rest of my life and prepare me to be a lifelong contributor to my family, my community and the world?” Across our three universities that…

Ready Your Team For AI Every leader responsible for talent management feels the ground shifting. The core competencies that define a great employee today become obsolete faster than we can track. What was cutting-edge yesterday feels like standard practice today and will be outdated tomorrow. On the TalentLMS podcast, talent expert Sagar Goel states, “This is the concept of the half-life of skills, where the number today is five years, which means every five years, half of your skills become redundant.” The reason behind this rapid shift is Artificial Intelligence (AI). It acts as a catalyst, reshaping complex, cognitive roles…

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Oregon State University Cascades has removed chancellor and dean Sherman Bloomer over information revealed during an investigation led by the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Access, Central Oregon Daily News reported. According to a message to the campus community from OSU provost and executive vice president Roy Haggerty, the investigation is being “conducted by an outside team” and began after the Office of Audit Risk and Compliance received a complaint on March 18. Details of the complaint have not been made public. “I ask for patience as investigators continue to work deliberately and expeditiously according to university policies,” Haggerty…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Fifteen-year-old Josiah Owens is considering owning a gun one day because he wants protection. He doesn’t want to suffer the same fate as his best friend, whom he says survived a shooting a couple of years ago. Owens, a sophomore at Disney II Magnet High School on the Northwest Side, was one of 23 Chicago teens ages 13 to 17 who took part in a recent weeklong program to learn about the risks of gun ownership and how to share those statistics with peers through…

Illinois appropriates more than twice as much money for higher education as the national average. Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images States and localities spent $130.7 billion on higher education in fiscal year 2025—the highest sum since 1980, when the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association started tracking public appropriations for higher education. Despite the record spending total, per-student spending declined for the first time since 2012, according to SHEEO’s latest State Higher Education Finance report, published today. After adjusting for inflation, total state spending grew 2.6 percent during fiscal 2025, but the bump wasn’t enough to keep up with enrollment growth—full-time student…