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  • Unpacking the Role of AI in Physical Security

    Unpacking the Role of AI in Physical Security

    A college campus is not just its classrooms; it’s the dining halls, the student center, the dormitories, the quad, the football stadium, the parking facilities and the overall community that surrounds it.


    12% of college students won’t participate in an internship

    12% of college students won’t participate in an internship

    Among the trends present: More interns are participating in paid internships and earning above minimum wage while doing so, and company culture can influence students’ willingness to return for a full-time position.


    How a college career fair addresses more than just careers

    How a college career fair addresses more than just careers

    Bucher: One of the things that I think is so extraordinary, not only is it that we do have this dedication of truly not having classes that day, and our students know that is worked right into their academic schedule, but also that the career and success expo really reaches beyond just our doors here on campus as well.


    Higher ed groups push back on Trump’s DEI threats

    Higher ed groups push back on Trump’s DEI threats

    The new letter declared all race-conscious student programming, resources and financial aid illegal and threatened to investigate and rescind federal funding for any institution that does not comply within 14 days.


    Five questions for two authors on the uses and abuses of AI

    Five questions for two authors on the uses and abuses of AI

    In Teaching With AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, authors José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson offer wisdom and guidance to those who don’t know Claude from Gemini.


    Ohio Senate passes bill to ban DEI and faculty strikes at public colleges

    Ohio Senate passes bill to ban DEI and faculty strikes at public colleges

    David Jackson, a professor of Bowling Green State Universityand president of its AAUP faculty chapter,said Ohio-AAUP had submitted a list of suggested amendments — including removing the strike ban — to the committee in early February.


    Education Department mulls using AI chat bot for FAFSA help

    Education Department mulls using AI chat bot for FAFSA help

    The Education Department is considering terminating its contracts for thousands of call center employees hired to answer families’ questions about federal student aid, and may replace them with an artificial intelligence–powered chat bot, The New York Times reported Thursday.


    Endowments grew 4% in FY2024 on investment returns, donations

    Endowments grew 4% in FY2024 on investment returns, donations

    Ten-year average annual returns stood at 6.8% for fiscal 2024,down slightly from last year but still robust enough to make spending with endowment money “possible and prudent,” NACUBO and Commonfund said in a press release.


    DOGE temporarily blocked from accessing Education Department student aid data

    DOGE temporarily blocked from accessing Education Department student aid data

    The Washington Post reported on Feb. 3 that some DOGE team members had in fact gained access to “multiple sensitive internal systems,” including federal financial aid data, as part of larger plans to carry out Trump’s goal to eventually eliminate the Education Department.


    Few students protest Trump’s executive orders on campus

    Few students protest Trump’s executive orders on campus

    As President Donald Trump churned out more than 80 executive orders over the past three weeks, sending the higher education community into a panic, some students were surprised to see a lack of campus protests—even at institutions traditionally rife with activism.


    HBCUs Use Federal Funding to Connect Students and Communities

    HBCUs Use Federal Funding to Connect Students and Communities

    “We wanted to follow the model of the Jesup Wagon [a horse-drawn movable school designed by George Washington Carver in the 1900s] that would take university research-based information out to the communities,” says Terrence Wolfork, assistant administrator for communications, conferencing and technology at FVSU.


    Education Department’s doors blocked to House Democrats

    Education Department’s doors blocked to House Democrats

    On Wednesday, 96 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to Carter requesting an "urgent" meeting to discuss the Trump administration's plans for what they say is to "illegally dismantle or drastically reduce" the Education Department.