How weekly assignments can help students build healthy habits
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A professor at the University of Iowa encourages students to adopt new habits or break unhealthy behaviors using a low-stakes assignment.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Education Department issued a surprise letter over the weekend vastly expanding the scope of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban. As the dust settles, institutions must decide how to respond—and whether to fight back.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — On February 14, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance that departs from the U.S. Supreme Court’s explicit ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) and attempts to widely expand the scope of that ruling to areas that are not within the jurisdiction of…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health reimbursement rates have created financial headaches for universities, prompting cost-cutting measures at even the richest institutions.
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ED WEEK MARKET BRIEF — The U.S. Department of Education has issued a “Dear Colleague” letter warning colleges and K-12 schools they risk jeopardizing their access to federal funding if they promote what the agency labels “pervasive and repugnant” racial preferences out of step with the Trump administration’s vision.
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NBC NEWS — A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding paid out by the federal government.
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NPR — An independent research arm within the U.S. Department of Education is being all but shut down, employees of the department say. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering and disseminating data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement.
Read More about White House shuts down funding to the Institute of Education SciencesUniversity responses to recent executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion differ
NEW YORK TIMES — Some universities are scrubbing websites and canceling events to comply with executive orders targeting diversity efforts. Other schools are promising to resist.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information, raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis.
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AP NEWS — As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.
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