State anti-DEI laws alter the graduate student experience, study finds
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The study found that ultimately participants believed that their state’s anti-DEI law impacted their experiences and ultimately their agency within their organizations.
In a new ECNU Review of Education article, Yong Zhao proposes the “courageous minority” as a theory of educational change for the age of AI. He argues that AI reveals the obsolescence of conventional schooling, while traditional top-down reform rarely alters its underlying structures. Transformational change can instead begin in protected, locally controlled spaces where educators, students, families, leaders, and community partners build viable alternatives that gradually influence the wider system.
New research from The University of Texas at Arlington suggests that introducing electronic health record training earlier in nurse practitioner programs could help address a significant challenge facing the field—burnout among experienced clinicians who supervise and train future nurse practitioners.
The University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work has launched a new online Doctor of Social Work program, with its first cohort scheduled to begin in fall 2026.