Military veterans often report that transitioning from the military to college is jarring. Veterans go from an organization with a strictly enforced hierarchy to an environment where administrators create a bureaucracy that is...
Students with learning disabilities may face specific classroom challenges, but they can typically still learn alongside their peers with the appropriate accommodations. In some cases, these accommodations may require the use of...
Fairfax County Public Schools to Change Disciplinary Guidelines Around AI-Generated Intimate Images
April 18, 2026
Schools throughout the country are struggling with the presence of artificial intelligence (AI) both in and outside of the classroom. One AI-related issue schools are beginning to address is the use of AI to create intimate images...
Eight students at Swarthmore College face possible expulsion for handing out protest materials. The college says the literature threatened and intimidated board members. The students say administrators are twisting their words....
DO Grads Face Discrimination with Residency Matches
April 16, 2026
As children, we’re told that working hard and pursuing our passion will result in success. In practicing medicine, we focus on measurable metrics and benchmarks. Yet when it comes to residencies, bias too often colors...
OCR Finds Civil Rights Violations at DC Public Schools
April 15, 2026
Given the backlog of cases before the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR), observers say, the findings against the public schools of Washington, DC, came at astonishing speed. In just less than a year, OCR...
We had previously posted about a recent Supreme Court ruling that re-imposed a permanent injunction against the State of California’s SAFETY Act. The California law prohibited school districts from requiring teachers to...
Many people around the U.S. have strong opinions about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza. Some are especially outspoken when expressing those opinions. For example, eight students at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania...
There’s a fight unfolding in Connecticut right now that a lot of homeschooling families across the country are starting to pay attention to. At least, they should be. Earlier this year, CT lawmakers began pushing a bill that...
Universities across the country are rewriting their research misconduct rules, and Penn is one of the latest. On paper, it’s about streamlining and federal alignment. In reality, it’s about something more personal:...
In February of 2026, the US Department of Education announced that it would continue to target diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) programs at the country’s colleges despite court rulings finding prior efforts unlawful....
The National Board of Medical Examiners (NMBE) has updated its guidelines for how it makes accommodations for medical students with disabilities seeking to take the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). These changes not...
If you have been following the news recently, you might have heard that Columbia University has had intense protests regarding Israeli military action in the Gaza war. Some of the protestors were arrested by local and campus...
Most students at colleges and universities across the country understand that the current administration is targeting race-conscious programs. In February of 2025, the US Department of Education (DOE) published the “Dear...
Students are being told to use technology to succeed, while at the same time being warned that the same technology could get them accused of misconduct. That contradiction is creating a growing problem on campuses, and it’s...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education, and professors and students don’t always agree on its appropriate use. As faculty members debate the ethical and practical impact of the new technology, college and...
A new documentary is drawing attention to the disturbing trend of incarcerating young children for minor offenses. The documentary, “Preschool to Prison,” sheds light on how the public school system uses zero-tolerance...
Artificial intelligence is entering classrooms — and with it comes a new challenge: students being accused of cheating based on unreliable technology. Across the country, schools are using AI detection tools to flag assignments...
High schools and colleges operate their own networks that provide students, faculty, and staff with access to the Internet as well as, in many cases, the school’s own internal network. When students use these networks to...
Buried deep in many university catalogs is a policy that can remove a failed semester — sometimes even a full academic year — from a student’s GPA calculation. Many institutions have some version of it, but very few...