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One Inaccessible PDF at a Time
As one institution works to meet a federal deadline to make course content more accessible, Diana Theisinger outlines what she and her team have learned about instructor engagement and digital accessibility.
For New Grant, Ed Dept. Favors Colleges With ‘Civic’ Schools
The federal government is funding educational seminars about the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. Applying institutions get a leg up if they have what are often criticized as conservative centers.
AI, Irreality and the Liberal Educational Project
Jacob Riyeff asks how higher education can achieve its aim of scrutinizing reality when students don’t even seem to recognize the irreality of AI outputs.
N.C. Gov. Vetoes Bills Targeting ‘DEI,’ ‘Divisive Concepts’
Ohio Gov. Axes Provision Letting Lawmakers Judge SB 1 Compliance
On the Sensibility of Cognitive Outsourcing
A new study, “Your Brain on ChatGPT,” tells us less than the headlines suggest, Derek Bruff writes.
Plugging the Gap: How One College Is Reducing Course Failures
Through course redesign, embedded TAs and a culture of experimentation, the University of the Pacific is seeing returns on first-year attrition.
Nobelist: U.S. Scientists Took Support ‘For Granted’ Before Trump Cuts
Frances Arnold, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry, says U.S. science is “paying the price” for not explaining the benefits of research funding for “far too long.”