The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has formally declined a federal initiative that would link preferential funding to adoption of policies on international-student caps, frozen tuition, and restrictions on diversity initiatives, arguing the conditions compromise academic freedom and institutional autonomy….
Education
A newly released report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows that U.S. 12th-graders’ average math score is now the lowest since the test’s current form began in 2005, and reading scores have fallen to their worst levels…
As people, especially youth, increasingly rely on online platforms like websites, instant messaging applications, social media platforms and GenAI, it is ever more urgent to introduce and systematically strengthen critical thinking and discernment skills. With this in mind, this week…
Opportunity doesn’t always knock quietly. Sometimes, it bursts through the door, inviting everyone to step inside. That’s exactly what will happen later this week when the Worlds of Work (WOW) Career Expo returns to Tallahassee. For two days, on Oct….
The possibility of setting up its own behind-the-wheel driver education program will be on the agenda for discussion when the Montgomery County School Board meets Tuesday. The board will meet in conference rooms A and B in the school board…
Google is empowering Greek university students with free access to its cutting-edge AI tools through the Google AI Pro Plan, available at no cost for 12 months to students aged 18 and older. This initiative, part of Google’s mission to…
Many gaps between special education and general education can and should be filled, says Max Harris, a UND School of Graduate Studies student. And UND can help. “The more collaboration and community-building there is, the more beneficial,” said Harris, who’s…
AI has already begun to redraw the boundaries of human capability and collaboration. Yet for all its power, the defining question is not what AI can do, but what people can do with AI. The measure of a nation’s future…
Certain University of Cincinnati course lists are being diversified to accommodate students who wish to supplement their education. Distance learning, a program in which the work is done through nontraditional methods, is currently being offered by 10 of the university’s…
The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency’s employees. [Read More…]