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Clockwise from top left: a NASA Vehicle Assembly Building, the National Institutes of Health headquarters, National Science Foundation entrance and the Department of Education Building.

Federal Grant Makers May Lose Job Protections: 5 Things to Know

Trump has created a new employee category that he previously dubbed Schedule F. It allows for easier firings of those who are “subverting presidential directives.”

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How DOGE Gutted the NEH in 22 Days

Internal documents show how leadership at the National Endowment for the Humanities handed over the grant termination process to DOGE and ChatGPT.

A photo illustration of a person holding a smartphone displaying the email the author received from Academia.edu: "Hi Joelle, Your paper "A hstorian's [sic] take on Charlottesville:..." can now be shared as a Spotify podcast. Reach new audiences and make your research heard."
Opinion

No, I Don’t Want My Article Turned Into a Podcast

Scholars who don’t want Academia.edu to use AI to generate adaptations of their work should delete their accounts.

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Journal Submissions Riddled With AI-Created Fake Citations

References used to be one of the last things journal editors checked before publishing a paper. Artificial intelligence is changing that.

Opinion

Extraordinary Higher Education Scholar to Lead World’s Largest Education Research Association

It is nearly impossible to write anything good or credible about campus climate, diversity and inclusion, sense of belonging, the success of students of color in STEM fields, or Hispanic-serving institutions without citing her studies.

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ED Releases Recommendations to Reimagine IES

The Education Department has released recommendations on “reimagining” the Institute of Education Sciences, the central federal education data collection and...
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Opinion

Go Ahead: Hang Your Paper on Your Office Door

We should not hesitate to make our research visible to students and whoever else may be passing by.

A person is sitting in the front seat of a truck with an NSF logo on the back passenger-side door. The door is open and the person has one cowboy booted foot crossed over their knee. The truck is parked on a dirt road, and outside, it looks like a tornado is coming.

NSF Plans to Boost Staffing, Halve Grant Solicitations

Following last year’s cuts, the chief management officer of the federal research funding agency says its number of employees is “too low.”