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U.S. Department of Education Announces Additional Partnerships to Break Up the Federal Education Bureaucracy

U.S. Department of Education  February 23, 2026 The U.S. Department of Education (ED) today announced two new interagency agreements (IAAs) to further break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs and activities, and continue delivering on the President’s promise to return education to the states. By partnering with agencies that are better […]

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The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself

The Conversation  Nir Eisikovits and Jacob Burley February 19, 2026 Public debate about artificial intelligence in higher education has largely orbited a familiar worry: cheating. Will students use chatbots to write essays? Can instructors tell? Should universities ban the tech? Embrace it? These concerns are understandable. But focusing so much on cheating misses the larger transformation […]

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AI Could Save Construction $1 Trillion a Year—Here’s How

Inc. Chris Boyd February 20, 2026 More than $1 trillion—around 10 percent of annual construction spend—is wasted each year because of mistakes that require redoing the work. Construction is the rare industry that, despite massive investments in data-management software, has actually become less efficient in recent decades. And because construction represents more than $13.5 trillion of the global […]

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Higher Education Litigation Summary: February 2026

Thompson Coburn  Tres Cleveland , Brandt Hill , Lorrie Hargrove , Evan Moltz , Anna S. Knouse , Alexander G. Spanos , Karolyn E. Eilertsen February 18, 2026 Welcome to the February 2026 edition of Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary, your resource for timely legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector. Bold text indicates updates to the rulings. Highlights in this […]

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