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Thursday, September 10
OpenAI's Astra Model Reaches Critical Cyber Threshold
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-6 Astra, its most capable broadly deployed model and the first system the company says has reached the "Critical" cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework.
campustechnology.comTies to Industry
A private two-year college leans into its vocational roots to prepare students for high-paying, high-demand careers. Also, new research on how U.S. workers layer apprenticeships and degrees, and essays on how Workforce Pell gets ROI only half right, and on why people need to be at the center of the skills-based…
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Wednesday, September 9
‘Utter paralysis’: Legacy admissions ban faces tough road in Congress
Momentum for banning legacy admissions practices has seemingly tapered over the past two years, as legislation has stalled in state legislatures, the fate of bipartisan congressional bills is in doubt, and the Trump administration hasn’t indicated any interest in taking up the issue. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s…
highereddive.com
Tuesday, September 8
Two Students, Two Questions They Wouldn’t Let Go
Students asking why learning matters in the age of AI forces two teachers to respond.
edsurge.comStitching the Future: Technology as a Sacred Trust
By grounding our digital strategy in the same values as our ancestors, we can ensure technology serves our school community rather than consuming it.
edsurge.comHumanities degrees hit their lowest numbers in decades
Students graduating with humanities bachelor’s degrees have hit their lowest numbers in decades — with further declines potentially on the horizon, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. U.S. colleges awarded 164,847 undergraduate humanities degrees in 2025. That’s the…
highereddive.comRubrik, CrowdStrike Expand Integration to Speed Identity Recovery
Cybersecurity companies Rubrik and CrowdStrike have announced an expanded identity-security integration intended to move compromised identity environments from threat detection through clean recovery with less manual intervention.
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Monday, September 7
AI Videos Are Warping Early Learning, Teachers Say
The rise of so-called “baby slop” is turning early childhood educators into media critics.
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Friday, September 4
Gartner: Hypervisor Replatforming Is Reshaping Storage and Virtualization Decisions
Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms reflects a broad infrastructure shift driven by hypervisor changes, cloud-style consumption economics, surging hardware costs, and AI.
campustechnology.comMontclair State U Partners with Dreamscape Learn on New VR Facility
New Jersey's Montclair State University has announced the completion of a new virtual reality learning facility developed in partnership with Dreamscape Learn. The 2,450-square-foot lab space is inside the College of Communication and Media building and will serve students pursuing careers in digital media, virtual…
campustechnology.comFlorida bans undocumented students from selective public universities
Dive Brief: The State University System of Florida’s board of governors on Thursday banned undocumented students from attending its universities with selective admissions — effectively shutting them out of the highly ranked public system. Beginning in the 2027-28 academic year, prospective students who are “present in…
highereddive.comHigh schoolers say school counselors emphasize college pathways, not CTE
Dive Brief: While 66% of high school students from middle-income families say educators heavily emphasized four-year college when talking about future pathways, far fewer reported similar attention to community college (11%), technical training and apprenticeships (16%) and full-time work (17%), according to a Rand…
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Thursday, September 3
Are Schools Inadvertently Making Students More Stressed?
Cathy Vatterott, author of “The Teens Are Not Alright,” believes schools are treating the symptoms of student stress instead of looking at the real problem.
edsurge.com
Wednesday, September 2
Hundreds of Thousands of Eligible Kids Are Waiting for Childcare Assistance
A nationwide investigation reveals massive waitlists for government-funded childcare assistance, leaving low-income families stranded without essential ...
edsurge.comReport: 83% of Organizations Need an Infrastructure Upgrade to Support Production-Grade Agentic AI
According to the latest infrastructure research from Google Cloud, enterprises are encountering a sizable infrastructure gap as agentic AI systems move from experiments and pilots into production.
campustechnology.comNYC schools ban student use of generative AI in classrooms through middle school
According to NYC officials, Mamdani’s moratorium represents “the most expansive student-facing AI moratorium in the nation.”
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Tuesday, September 1
How AI Taught Me to Embrace Vulnerability in the Classroom
True innovation isn’t found in mastering every platform, but in being willing to ask deeper questions and take risks.
edsurge.comPutting Edtech Guidance to Work in the Classroom
A look at what happens when rules written far from a classroom land on a teacher’s desk.
edsurge.comEducause President and CEO John O'Brien Announces Retirement
John O'Brien, president and CEO of Educause, has announced his intention to retire in August 2027.
campustechnology.comTennessee’s free community college program ‘pays for itself,’ working paper finds
When then-Gov. Bill Haslam signed the Tennessee Promise into law in 2014, he touted the program as one that would “make a real difference for generations of Tennesseans” at zero net cost to the state. The program — the first in the U.S. to offer tuition-free community college statewide — covers any remaining tuition…
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Monday, August 31
A Principal and a Student Reviewed the New ChatGPT for Teens. They Had Plenty to Say
The new offering is promising, but there are some real-world reservations.
edsurge.comNutanix Cloud Platform Updates Expand Capabilities for Production Agentic AI
Nutanix has announced Enterprise AI 2.8, adding agent governance and inference features.
campustechnology.comJudge rules Trump policies deporting foreign students based on speech unconstitutional
Dive Brief: Policies used by the Trump administration to deport legal immigrants because of their speech are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday. The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of student visas and sought to deport noncitizen students in the U.S. legally by invoking two provisions of the…
highereddive.comCSA's Top Cloud Threats: Identity, AI
Cloud Security Alliance's 2026 Top Threats report ranks identity first while adding two AI-related risks to its list of 11 leading cloud security concerns.
campustechnology.comFederal stimulus money bought new technology for Philly students, but many schools lost track of where items went
Better tracking systems can help ensure students have the equipment they need. FatCamera/E+ Collection via Getty Images Back-to-school season is underway, and school personnel have been busy cleaning, doing repairs and setting up classrooms for the 2026-27 academic year. This work includes making sure appropriate…
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Friday, August 28
Texas governor pushes for 3-year degree pathways
Dive Brief: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the state’s higher education board to develop recommendations for three-year pathways to bachelor’s degrees. Abbott instructed the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to gather public college officials and faculty leaders, as well as employers and…
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Thursday, August 27
AI Can Help One of K-12’s Biggest Challenges: Middle School Reading
Artificial intelligence can bridge the middle grades literacy gap by providing individualized student reading instruction at scale.
edsurge.com20 Michigan colleges join new direct admissions program
Dive Brief: Interested Michigan high school students can begin receiving direct admissions offers this fall from 20 public and private colleges in the state through an initiative launched by the nonprofit Michigan College Access Network. Under the new MI College Match initiative, students will automatically receive…
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Wednesday, August 26
Student Artists Wrestle with AI’s Promise and Peril
Four student artists map out what artificial intelligence means for their communities today — and 50 years from now.
edsurge.comOpenAI Pumps Brakes on Frontier AI Training After Hugging Face Breach
OpenAI is changing how it trains, monitors and contains frontier AI models after its July cybersecurity evaluation breach reached Hugging Face's production infrastructure.
campustechnology.comMeta Releases Muse Glimmer, an Open-Weight AI Model Designed to Run on Consumer Hardware
Meta is returning to open-weight artificial intelligence with Muse Glimmer, a new AI model designed to run on consumer hardware, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg argues that increasingly capable AI should be widely available rather than controlled by a small number of institutions.
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Tuesday, August 25
Protecting Student Cognition in the Age of AI
Educators must shift their focus from preventing cognitive offloading to preserving the critical thinking skills AI threatens to replace.
edsurge.comCan a Letter From Washington Actually Change How Schools Buy Technology?
On this episode of This Week with EdSurge, unpacking new federal edtech guidance for schools.
edsurge.comCornell, MIT and others can appeal class action status in antitrust case
Dive Snapshot: Five highly selective colleges can appeal the class action status of an antitrust lawsuit filed nearly five years ago after an appellate court ruling Monday. A group of former college students sued in early 2022, alleging that over a dozen defendant institutions took part in a price-fixing scheme that…
highereddive.comDo more than half of Philadelphia adults really read at or below 5th grade level? It’s time for a new way to describe what they know
Many adult learners take classes not to get a new job but to be able to help with their children's education. kali9/E+ Collection via Getty Images Over half of Philadelphia adults ages 18-64 read at a fifth grade level or below, according to a nationwide assessment released in 2020. A recent Axios Philadelphia article…
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Monday, August 24
As Male Teachers Vanish From the Classroom, Schools Look for Ways to Bring Them Back
A new survey of 145 men in the profession points to mentorship, pay and a sense of belonging as the biggest levers for recruitment and retention.
edsurge.comAnthropic Adding Invisible Watermarks to Claude-Generated Text
Anthropic recently announced it is introducing machine-readable watermarks to text generated by supported Claude models as it moves to comply with European Union AI transparency rules.
campustechnology.comOrganizations Advised to Expand Threat Modeling in Preparation for Quantum-Era Attacks
Microsoft is encouraging organizations to expand threat-modeling exercises to uncover cryptographic dependencies that could leave applications and data vulnerable to future quantum computing attacks.
campustechnology.comInternational applicant numbers tumble on Common App
Dive Snapshot: The number of first-year international applicants declined 10% during the 2025-26 cycle on the Common App compared to the prior cycle, according to a report Thursday from the college application platform. Applicants from Asia fell 11%, the report found. That’s a troubling signal, as the continent…
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Friday, August 21
University of Houston slashes 40% of courses from its core curriculum
Dive Brief: The University of Houston has slashed about 40% of courses from the flagship's core curriculum as it works to comply with a new state law dictating the architecture of general education requirements at Texas public colleges. In the 2026-27 academic year, UH will adopt a core curriculum list with roughly…
highereddive.comA seemingly technical change to international student visas could disrupt teaching and research at US universities
New visa changes for international students are the latest step the Trump administration has taken that can make it harder for students to come to the U.S. to complete their degrees. LVector/iStock via Getty Images Plus The Trump administration is revising a visa rule for international students that in part determines…
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Thursday, August 20
EdSurge Welcomes Top Journalists and Educators to Advisory Board
Bringing together award-winning reporters and leading educators, the board will provide strategic guidance on newsroom priorities and emerging issues ...
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Wednesday, August 19
Department of Education Issues Long-Awaited Edtech Guidance for States and Districts
The letter emphasizes outcomes and evidence but stops short of issuing federal regulations.
edsurge.comAI Adoption in the Workplace Accelerates, but Trust Gap Remains
As employees increasingly use AI tools, many organizations face a persisting challenge: building the trust needed to sustain adoption.
campustechnology.comMicrosoft Merges Copilot Apps Into a Single User Experience
Microsoft recently announced it is consolidating its consumer Copilot app and Microsoft 365 Copilot app into a single destination, addressing a fragmented product strategy that has required users to navigate separate applications for AI chat and productivity tools.
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Tuesday, August 18
The Case Against the Classroom Cellphone Crackdown
Instead of banning the technology, schools have an opportunity to promote digital citizenship and student engagement.
edsurge.comAssignments, Invoices, and the AI Fix
On This Week with EdSurge, searching to see where artificial intelligence quietly adds up.
edsurge.comSurvey: Organizations Moving AI Workloads Away from Public Cloud
A new Cloudera survey of 1,500 enterprise technology leaders found widespread AI-driven architecture changes, with governance problems, rising infrastructure costs, and workload placement pushing organizations toward more hybrid approaches.
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Monday, August 17
Early Childhood Educators Are Leveling Up at Community Colleges
Research reveals little to no penalty from employers for teachers who earn four-year degrees at community colleges instead of universities.
edsurge.comNvidia Releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning Open AI Model
Nvidia has introduced Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a new open AI model designed less as an all-purpose answer engine than as a fast workhorse inside long-running AI agent systems.
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