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Nursing student Effua Jordan wasn’t expecting car trouble on her way to clinicals, but a breakdown left her facing a nearly $500 bill. She asked family for help and put the rest on her credit card, scrambling to cover the unexpected expense. While her car was being repaired, the fourth-year student at the University of Texas at Arlington had to rely on rideshares to reach her clinical rotations—often about an hour’s ride from campus—which affected not only how she showed up for patients but also how she participated in class. “It just bled into other areas,” Jordan said. “Whenever I…

Students have helped place heat and flood sensors around the city as part of the partnership. Kimberly Reeves/Agnes Scott College Since 2022, students from Agnes Scott College have helped place 36 heat sensors across their campus and surrounding Decatur, Ga., in an effort to help researchers analyze and mitigate the risks of extreme heat waves in the area. But the project—one of several initiatives of the joint Climate Resilience Plan partnership between Agnes Scott and Decatur—also demonstrates the power of town-gown collaboration in addressing climate change, an area of mounting concern to institutions and their constituents. “You can only be…

Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic Economists have a new theory of why graduates of top colleges have so much career success.

Each semester, students face significant challenges in their courses. Students either get discouraged, fall behind, or consider dropping the class (Trusty et al., 2025). Educators spend a considerable amount of time and creative energy encouraging these students to not give up and stay on top of class assignments (Blanco et al., 2025; Faucett, 2025). Oftentimes, students struggle not because they lack ability, but because academic challenges are intertwined with financial pressures, personal and emotional challenges, and poor study habits (Blanco et al., 2025; Trusty et al., 2025). In addition, a student’s challenges feel immediate, while their future goals feel abstract (Niewoudt & Pedler, 2023). The COPE Method is designed to help the struggling student cope with their immediate academic challenges, and see them as stepping stones paving the way to the future they want.  …

by Elizabeth Davis, The Hechinger Report April 6, 2026 As a mom of a child with special needs, I often spend the majority of my day filing insurance forms for reimbursement. I can spend hours on the phone trying to find out why coverage was denied for my child’s therapy. Usually, it is due to an error, but there are other times when we are required to jump through hoops.  I have been told that if my child is not demonstrating sufficient growth, coverage of her treatment will stop, even though there is research-based evidence that therapy is the only…

by Lana Cohen, The Hechinger Report April 6, 2026 FORT KENT, Maine — Michael Robertson struggled in school almost from the very beginning. But it was in seventh grade, when he started smoking cigarettes and drinking, that school seemed to become nearly unbearable to him. “There was always an excuse for why he couldn’t go to school,” said his mother, Danielle Forino. “Every morning, he would say he was too tired or didn’t feel good.”  At 13 years old, he was prescribed Vicodin following dental work and, his mother said, quickly started abusing it. By his sophomore year of high…

  PMP Exam Day Tips As you head into exam day, you may be feeling all kinds of emotions. Before you let anxiety get the best of you, consider these few tips. Get a Good Night’s Sleep the Night Before the Test Make no mistake: You will need to study for this exam—a lot. But the night before the test? That’s not the right time to cram. Schedule your final study sessions carefully over the preceding week. The night of the exam you might choose to do some final review. But get to bed at a decent hour. You need…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Oregon’s low youth literacy rates spurred a new candidate to announce a write-in campaign for governor on Monday. Most Oregonians have at least some experience with the candidate, but it’s never held elected office before. It’s not even human. J. Schuberth, a former teacher for Portland State University’s general education program and one of the founders of reading advocacy group Oregon Kids Read, launched the Pencil for governor campaign Monday to raise awareness about persistent reading proficiency issues among the state’s students. To “get education…

Transform Failure Into Rapid Skill Mastery Let’s face it: most corporate training feels like a black hole. 70% of L&D efforts do not lead to behavioral change, resulting in an $85 billion wasted each year as employees forget 90% of what they were supposed to learn within weeks. However, the good news is that learning from failure is changing the game. With learning from failure, companies report 4x faster learning of skills and 200% better retention. Think about it! Your brain is wired more effectively for failure than for success. Top companies are now adopting “fail forward” philosophies, where failure…

AI And Automation For CTE Content Creation Career and Technical Education (CTE) institutions across the U.S. face rising pressure to deliver industry-aligned, compliant, and accessible curricula at scale, all while keeping costs under control. As workforce demands evolve faster than ever, institutions can no longer rely on slow, manual content development. Employers expect graduates to be job-ready on day one, while students demand modern, engaging learning experiences that reflect real-world technologies and industry standards. That’s where AI-powered automation platforms come in. By streamlining content creation, localization, and accessibility, these platforms allow CTE institutions to scale quickly, reduce operational strain, and…