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MBA outcomes wobble — research backs GMAT; Booth salaries dip
New industry research reasserts the GMAT’s value to employers and business‑school admissions even as employment outcomes soften: Chicago Booth reported a second consecutive year of lower median...
Coursera leans into AI skills — Gen Z founders say AI fluency is native
Coursera’s CEO, drawing on decades at Amazon, is steering the skills platform to move faster and scale AI offerings as demand for generative AI training surges; the company reports rapid growth in...
Class where 'screenagers' train to navigate social media and AI
A new course teaching adolescents to think critically about social media and AI is drawing attention as schools and teacher‑training programs confront digital literacy gaps. The class blends media...
Teacher recruiting under pressure: EdWeek survey outlines what works
The EdWeek Research Center’s EdRecruiter 2026 survey maps how districts and schools are adapting recruitment and retention strategies amid teacher shortages, political headwinds and the growing...
Harvard–Trump duel escalates: private letters raise stakes
Private correspondence between Harvard University and the Trump administration escalated a high-profile showdown over federal oversight of campus speech and policy. The exchange, described in...
Texas A&M stands firm: lecturer fired over gender lesson won’t return
Texas A&M announced it will not reinstate a lecturer dismissed after delivering a classroom lesson on gender, the university confirmed in a decision that immediately raises questions about...
Education Department to begin wage garnishments: student-loan collections resume
The Education Department announced plans to begin garnishing wages of federal student borrowers in default, sending notices to roughly 1,000 people the week of Jan. 7 and scaling up collections...
Judge upholds $100,000 H‑1B fee: visa cost hike cleared for now
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration may implement a $100,000 fee on new H‑1B visa applications, clearing a significant legal hurdle and leaving university and research hiring...
J‑1 exchange program exploited: sponsors charged excessive fees, probe finds
An investigation found that profit-seeking operators monetized the J‑1 cultural-exchange program—charging participants thousands in fees and diverting the program away from its educational...
Court reprieve for school mental‑health grants: some projects may survive
Federal judges issued orders that could preserve nearly 140 school‑based mental‑health grants that the Education Department had moved to terminate earlier in the year. Seattle federal Judge...
MBA market cools — class profiles and Booth pay show uneven hiring
New data and reporting on 2025 MBA classes reveal a softer employment market and uneven outcomes across top programs. Poets&Quants’ analysis of class profiles and employment reports deep‑dives...
New research defends the GMAT: testing still predicts MBA readiness
Industry research finds that the GMAT and the MBA remain productive pathways for developing skills employers prize—problem solving, strategic thinking and data literacy—pushing back on moves...
Gen Z goes native with AI: students 'fluent' in agents reshape pedagogy
A Gen Z founder and Stanford alum argued at Fortune Brainstorm AI that younger learners treat AI not as a tool but as a native language—what she called ‘AI fluency’—and warned that educators must...
Courses teach students to navigate social media and AI — curriculum adapts
New classroom offerings are training adolescents and college undergraduates to evaluate social media, detect misinformation, and use AI tools responsibly—courses that blend media literacy with...
Administration to start garnishing wages of defaulted student borrowers — notices roll out in January
The U.S. Department of Education will begin sending wage‑garnishment notices to defaulted federal student‑loan borrowers the week of Jan. 7, marking a return to aggressive collections after...
Court orders pause Trump cuts — dozens of school mental‑health grants face on‑the‑wire review
Federal judges have forced a pause and ordered project‑by‑project reviews after the Education Department moved in April to terminate nearly 140 school mental‑health grants, saying many projects...
Harvard and Trump administration escalate duel in private letters — showdown shifts to legal and regulatory pressure
Harvard University and the Trump administration traded private letters this month, intensifying a high‑profile dispute over federal oversight of colleges the administration brands as politically...
Texas A&M won’t reinstate lecturer fired over gender lesson — legal fight likely
Texas A&M announced it will not reinstate a lecturer dismissed over a classroom lesson on gender, a decision that college‑governance observers say is likely to spawn litigation and political...
Judge bars schools from preventing teachers notifying parents about transgender students — injunction issued
A federal judge in San Diego ruled that public‑school employees have a constitutional right to inform parents if a child changes gender presentation at school, issuing an injunction that bars...
EdWeek’s EdRecruiter 2026: districts detail how they’re finding and keeping K‑12 talent — AI, shortages and culture top concerns
The EdWeek Research Center released its EdRecruiter 2026 survey, mapping strategies K‑12 HR leaders use to recruit and retain teachers and other staff. The national survey identifies which tactics...