Education

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach received an almost $3.9 million National Science Foundation grant, which it will use to create 20 scholarships for students in aerospace cybersecurity and aviation.

The College Board, the organization behind the SAT, announced digital exams will run about two hours instead of three, allow more time per question and feature shorter reading passages, with devices provided as needed.

A federal judge has barred the University of Florida from enforcing policies that aimed to block professors from testifying as expert witnesses in legal cases that involve the state government.

As a labor shortage has prompted employers to re-evaluate hiring criteria, and as students have increasingly sought cost-effective or online alternatives to college, certification programs may have found their moment.

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College in South Carolina is asking the state for budget surplus dollars to support a new advanced manufacturing facility, as well as new programs in HVAC, pharmacy tech and surgical tech.

Created by the Air Force Association for K-12 students across the U.S., the CyberPatriot competition tasks them with finding cybersecurity weaknesses and strengthening a network's defenses against hackers.

A two-day workshop in Northern Georgia brought dozens of teachers together for tutorials on the potential of podcasts as educational tools, including how to create them and incorporate them into lessons.

The University of Texas Permian Basin is renovating building space and has created a new executive role for its Office of Innovation and Commercialization, which will coordinate technology transfer and partner groups.

The Ohio community college will waive tuition for the first two years of a four-year degree for students of career-tech programs at nearby partner high schools, as long as they complete at least 70 total credit hours.

Noting health-care staffing shortages across the U.S., the merger aims to make nursing school more accessible by offering prospective students digital loan repayment options based on their actual salary.

Engineers used a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to design prototypes of FaceBit, a sensor that fits inside face masks and can measure how tightly it's fitted, as well as respiration and heart rate.

Teachers, administrators and students alike have found that more time on screens and away from classrooms only worsened the apparent addiction to cell phones, leading some to seek technological solutions.

With help from ESSER funds and state vouchers for zero-emissions vehicles, Modesto City Schools is replacing half its fleet with electric buses, estimating an annual savings of about $250,000 in fuel costs.

With a $735,000 grant from the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the university aims to ramp up research and workforce development in microelectronics to tackle supply chain issues and build next-generation technology.

A donation from the Fletcher Jones Foundation will allow the California university to create an endowed professorship in artificial intelligence to teach basic skills that will prepare students for in-demand careers.

A veteran high school athlete and technology official at other school districts, the Illinois High School Association’s new IT director has ideas to overhaul the group’s website with a modern look and more information.

The software company will integrate Signal Vine’s two-way text messaging and Augusoft’s enrollment management tool for continuing and corporate education into its suite of products for colleges and universities.

Columbus City Schools has enlisted the family counseling organization Buckeye Ranch to help students dealing with depression, anxiety and other issues that coincided with social isolation over months of remote learning.