The RP Group last fall released the most comprehensive study of African American and Black community college transfer in California history. More than 7,000 students. One hundred sixteen colleges. Three phases of…

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MIT News·higher-ed

Celebrating dorm-to-market social entrepreneurship at MIT

Over 200 students, alumni, faculty, staff, funders, and community collaborators gathered at the MIT Media Lab on April 15 for the 25th annual IDEAS Social Innovation Incubator Showcase and Awards, hosted by the…

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Reason·policy

Florida Wins the Curriculum Wars

Florida just created its own alternative to A.P. United States History, and it seems pretty good. Headlines describe it as " anti-woke " and " more conservative ," but this framing is a little tired and unsophisticated.…

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Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: May 7, 1873

5/7/1873: Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died. One month earlier, he dissented in the Slaughter-House Cases , and was the lone dissenter in Bradwell v. Illinois . The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 7, 1873…

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eSchool News·policy

Oracy is the missing link for multilingual learners

Key points: Oracy helps students use their knowledge and communicate it Virtual art meets language learning: A tech-enhanced ESL experience 6 ways to make math more accessible for multilingual learners For more news on…

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Higher Ed Dive Leadership·higher-ed

Why NYU and SUNY are teaming up to measure higher ed reforms

Linda G. Mills is the president of New York University, a private nonprofit in New York City. John B. King Jr. is the chancellor of the State University of New York, which has 64 public institutions. Young people today…

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Harvard Gazette·higher-ed

Catalyst Professorship fosters collaboration with the private sector

Campus & Community Catalyst Professorship fosters collaboration with the private sector Michael Brenner, Doug Melton, and Boaz Barak. Harvard file photos (left and center) Jessica McCann Harvard Correspondent May 6,…

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Reason·policy

The War on Data Centers Is Here—and It Doesn't Add Up

Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers. AI requires even more computing power, so companies are eager to build more data centers. The usual suspects are…

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University of Illinois News Bureau·higher-ed

History professor Rosalyn LaPier helps create bison exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An exhibit tracing the cultural and ecological legacy of American bison opens May 7 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “Bison: Standing…

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First Five Years Fund·policy

TOOLKIT: CCDBG Fact Sheets

MESSAGE: CCDBG helps working families with young children afford child care. FFYF’s new fact sheets have data and information on how CCDBG works in each state. Please help share these with Members of Congress, staffers,…

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Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: May 6, 1776

5/6/1776: Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason is published. Thomas Jefferson relied on this document when drafting the Declaration of Independence. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 6, 1776…

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Reason·policy

Surveillance Tools Intended for Border Control Are Being Used Against Americans

It goes without saying that any tool or power government acquires for addressing some crisis of the moment will eventually—often, almost immediately—be deployed against the general public. So it is with border…

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James G. Martin Center·higher-ed

Rara Avis: Professor Finds Harvard’s Faults

Harvey Mansfield is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University. Still teaching at the age of 94, he has just published a collection of essays , Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of…

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Disability Scoop

Tactile Museum Tour Lets Blind And Low-Vision Visitors Decode History With Their Hands

At the National Constitution Center, a touch tour is offering the chance to feel bronze statues of the nation's founders to pick up on their age, status and demeanor through touch. The post Tactile Museum Tour Lets…

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UC Berkeley News

As students graduate into a turbulent world, commencement speaker Robert Reich embraces hope

This is not the first time that America has struggled through an era of instability, says the respected professor and activist. But in an interview, he found reason for optimism in America’s long history of resilience…

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MIT News Education·higher-ed

MIT marks first Robert R. Taylor Day with Tuskegee University

On April 10, MIT marked its first official Robert R. Taylor Day with a program centered on the life and work of Robert Robinson Taylor (Class of 1892), the Institute’s first Black graduate and the first academically…

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Reason·higher-ed

Vanderbilt Student's Lawsuit Over Suspension for Alleged False Accusations Can Go Forward

From a long opinion today by Judge Waverly Crenshaw (M.D. Tenn.) in Poe v. Lowe : Poe, a male Vanderbilt student, made social media posts about another male Vanderbilt student, Roe, and his sexual behaviors with…

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UW-Madison News·higher-ed

History scholar Kantrowitz awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

History scholar Kantrowitz awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship Kantrowitz is one of 24 scholars the Carnegie Corporation of New York selected from among 381 nominations across the country. By Greg Bump May 5, 2026 …

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Georgia Tech News

A Father-Daughter Double Jacket Duo

A Father-Daughter Double Jacket Duo Superadmin Tue, 05/05/2026 - 14:20 Sherman Lofton Jr. has been a Yellow Jacket for more than 40 years, as a student, alumnus, and employee, currently serving as the senior director of…

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Reason·policy

The Spirit of the Declaration, Part 1

[This post is excerpted from the new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster).] Though Thomas Jefferson's phrases in the Declaration of Independence…

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Secondary Teacher of History

Education news for this role

From data to doing: The productive urgency of what students told us

Celebrating dorm-to-market social entrepreneurship at MIT

Florida Wins the Curriculum Wars

Today in Supreme Court History: May 7, 1873

Oracy is the missing link for multilingual learners

Why NYU and SUNY are teaming up to measure higher ed reforms

Catalyst Professorship fosters collaboration with the private sector

The War on Data Centers Is Here—and It Doesn't Add Up

History professor Rosalyn LaPier helps create bison exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

TOOLKIT: CCDBG Fact Sheets

Today in Supreme Court History: May 6, 1776

Surveillance Tools Intended for Border Control Are Being Used Against Americans

Rara Avis: Professor Finds Harvard’s Faults

Tactile Museum Tour Lets Blind And Low-Vision Visitors Decode History With Their Hands

As students graduate into a turbulent world, commencement speaker Robert Reich embraces hope

MIT marks first Robert R. Taylor Day with Tuskegee University

Vanderbilt Student's Lawsuit Over Suspension for Alleged False Accusations Can Go Forward

History scholar Kantrowitz awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

A Father-Daughter Double Jacket Duo

The Spirit of the Declaration, Part 1

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