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Epstein fallout reaches education leaders — universities and ed‑tech scrutinized
Reporting and court disclosures are prompting renewed scrutiny of academic and education‑industry ties to Jeffrey Epstein, with professors and senior education executives facing reputational...
Pathways to science are narrowing — NIH DEI cuts threaten talent pipeline
A wave of federal retrenchment is constricting early‑career entry points to research: officials confirmed NIH will not renew some DEI‑related research funding, and dozens of outreach and TRIO...
HBCUs face squeeze as college sports professionalize — revenue gap widens
Administrators at historically Black colleges and universities are warning that the commercialization and professionalization of college athletics is amplifying resource gaps and threatening...
Lawmaker reverses on guns — Utah open‑carry ban proposed for campuses
In a sharp policy reversal, Republican Rep. Walt Brooks introduced legislation to ban open carry on Utah’s public college campuses after previously supporting laxer gun rules. The bill follows...
AI productivity lift may be arriving — Stanford economist signals harvest phase
Stanford digital‑economy scholars and other economists are arguing that 2025 data show early signs of an AI‑driven productivity inflection. Erik Brynjolfsson and colleagues cited revised job and...
Students protest ICE on campuses — activism persists despite threats
Students in Texas staged walkouts and protests targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations on college campuses, continuing a national wave of student activism even amid threats from...
AI in schools is for the privileged — districts expose a new digital divide
Evaluators and educators warned that AI tools and programming are accelerating faster in wealthier K‑12 schools, leaving many Title I and rural districts behind and creating a new educational...
Don’t pick Harvard for STEM if you’ll be bottom half — Gladwell’s college advice resurfaces
Author Malcolm Gladwell reiterated his long‑standing advice that students pursuing STEM degrees should avoid elite institutions like Harvard unless they can place in the top quartile of their...
Utah pivots on campus guns — open carry ban now on the table
A Republican Utah lawmaker reversed course and introduced HB84 to ban open carry on state public college campuses. Rep. Walt Brooks—an NRA member who previously backed laxer gun rules—announced...
HBCUs face squeeze as college sports professionalize — funding and futures at stake
Administrators at historically Black colleges and universities are warning that the rapid professionalization and monetization of college athletics is widening resource gaps and threatening...
Productivity liftoff... Stanford scholar says AI is entering a 'harvest phase'
A leading Stanford researcher and director of the Digital Economy Lab argued that measured productivity gains tied to AI surged in 2025 and that the economy is moving from an investment phase into...
Gladwell's blunt advice: rethink elite choices for STEM degrees
Author Malcolm Gladwell told podcast audiences that students seeking science and math degrees should avoid elite institutions like Harvard unless they can rank near the top of their class....
Kellogg students put Super Bowl ads under the microscope — live ratings and pedagogy
The Kellogg School of Management hosted its annual Super Bowl Ad Review, where more than 70 MBA students, guided by professors Tim Calkins and Derek Rucker, deployed the ADPLAN framework to...
State probes antisemitism — Massachusetts commissions K‑12 reforms after Concord case
Massachusetts’ Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism released recommendations urging schools to teach more about antisemitism, improve incident reporting, and expand staff training after a...
Schools cancel picture days after Epstein link; vendors and districts scramble
Several U.S. school districts canceled or altered plans for student picture days after social posts linked the photography firm Lifetouch to investors and figures tied to Jeffrey Epstein....
MacKenzie Scott credits a college loan—gives billions, reshaping campus philanthropy
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott recounted that a $1,000 loan from a college roommate helped her stay in school—and she has since funneled billions through Yield Giving to education, DEI and...
AI tools for the rich kids: K‑12 tech gaps risk widening the education divide
An analysis of Chicago Public Schools and national trends warns that AI programming is accelerating fastest in wealthy K‑12 schools, leaving Title I and rural districts behind. Evaluators found...
Anthropic’s CEO sounds a caution: timing of AI returns could bankrupt partners and funders
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told a podcast audience that while he expects transformative AI models soon, the timing of economic returns is uncertain—and spending aggressively on data centers now...
Heritage plan for higher ed: Strip accreditors’ funding power
The Heritage Foundation published a new set of higher-education proposals that would move federal student-aid oversight away from traditional accreditors and toward state authorities and...
States move to censor curricula: Iowa, Kansas target race and gender in college classes
Lawmakers in Iowa and Kansas introduced bills that would restrict how race, gender and sexuality may be taught in certain college courses, part of a broader wave of state-level measures targeting...