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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Reason·policy

How the Slaveholding Founders Really Felt About Slavery

The Declaration of Independence accused the king and Parliament of Great Britain of "exciting domestic insurrections" among the half-million people enslaved in the American colonies. This was a reference to the November…

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Community College Daily·wellbeing

Funding roundup

Drake State Community and Technical College recently celebrated a $5 million gift from the E. Hart Fund — the single largest donation in the college’s history — made in honor of the late Ellenae Fairhurst. This follows…

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Ohio State News·higher-ed

Art students flourish through Ohio State externship program

More than 100 undergraduate students at The Ohio State University have worked as “externs” with area arts organizations since 2023, when the university received $2 million from the Mellon Foundation to support student…

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Reason·policy

Gorsuch Says SCOTUS Is Doing 'Pretty Darn Well' in Handling the 'Hardest Cases'

My Reason colleague Nick Gillespie recently sat down with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch for a conversation about Gorsuch's new children's book, Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence ,…

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Reason·policy

Today in Supreme Court History: May 5, 1992

5/5/1992: The 27th Amendment is ratified. It was initially proposed in 1789. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives…

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Education news for this role

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

How the Slaveholding Founders Really Felt About Slavery

Funding roundup

Art students flourish through Ohio State externship program

Gorsuch Says SCOTUS Is Doing 'Pretty Darn Well' in Handling the 'Hardest Cases'

Today in Supreme Court History: May 5, 1992

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