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AI didn’t break higher education—It exposed the credential trap

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AI didn’t break higher education—It exposed the credential trap

admin July 7, 2026 0

As tuition soars past crisis levels and AI reshapes the classroom, students are rationally optimizing for diplomas...

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Former Trump official: Washington finally let Pell Grants pay for welding school, then buried the idea in 85 pages of red tape

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Former Trump official: Washington finally let Pell Grants pay for welding school, then buried the idea in 85 pages of red tape

admin July 6, 2026 0

For the first time in 50 years, federal aid will fund short job-training programs but new rules...

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‘Humanity has chosen to become idiots’: This Brown professor switched to take-home exams after a mass shooting and discovered mass cheating

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‘Humanity has chosen to become idiots’: This Brown professor switched to take-home exams after a mass shooting and discovered mass cheating

admin June 30, 2026 0

Roberto Serrano literally wrote the book on game theory, but he's befuddled: "Why are you at a...

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Washington gutted the office that manages your student loans. Next week, it has to reinvent them

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Washington gutted the office that manages your student loans. Next week, it has to reinvent them

admin June 26, 2026 0

On July 1, the biggest student loan overhaul in decades kicks in. The agency running it lost...

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47% of Harvard seniors admit to cheating — and the problem existed long before ChatGPT

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47% of Harvard seniors admit to cheating — and the problem existed long before ChatGPT

admin June 24, 2026 0

I asked what must have seemed like an unrelated question: “How many of you cheated in high...

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70% of fourth-graders aren’t reading proficiently, report finds—one of several areas where education is failing America’s kids

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70% of fourth-graders aren’t reading proficiently, report finds—one of several areas where education is failing America’s kids

admin June 8, 2026 0

A new report finds education is the worst-performing domain of child well-being, with math and reading scores...

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Gen Zers are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates

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Gen Zers are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates

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With Gen Z students struggling to read, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as...

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Bill Nye: Companies say there’s a skills gap. They’re wrong — and students can prove it

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Bill Nye: Companies say there’s a skills gap. They’re wrong — and students can prove it

admin May 31, 2026 0

I've spent years judging the world's largest K-12 science competition. What I've seen should make every corporate...

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Stop blaming immigration for low U.S. reading scores, top psychologist says. The problem is actually devices giving easy access to social media

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Stop blaming immigration for low U.S. reading scores, top psychologist says. The problem is actually devices giving easy access to social media

admin May 31, 2026 0

“Social media and other digital media…distracts students in class when they should be learning,” Jean Twenge said.

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The Harvard economist behind the Education Scorecard says the ‘Learning Recession’ is more than a COVID problem—it’s at least a decade old

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The Harvard economist behind the Education Scorecard says the ‘Learning Recession’ is more than a COVID problem—it’s at least a decade old

admin May 28, 2026 0

Think all the backsliding in U.S. education is the result of remote school, masks and a year...

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