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President Trump Participates in a Saving College Sports Roundtable [ The white House ]

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4312

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7095330/2026/03/06/trump-saving-college-sports-roundtable-executive-order-score-act/

https://www.wsj.com/sports/trump-chaos-of-college-sports-aa57c92c

https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-nil-college-sports-paying-student-athletes

UGA instructor fired. . .

https://www.latestly.com/us/antonio-alfieri-viral-video-uga-professor-removed-from-campus-amid-serious-allegations-7329425.html

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What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework? [ 404 Media ]

The flava:

There’s a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them. Einstein’s website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your papers, and even log into EdTech platforms like Canvas to take tests and participate in discussions. 

Educators told me that Einstein is just one of many AI tools that can do homework for students, but should be seen as a warning to schools that are increasingly seen by students as a place to gain a diploma and status as opposed to the value of education itself. 

If an AI can go to school for you what’s the point of going to school? For Advait Paliwal, Brown dropout and co-creator of Einstein, there isn’t one. . . .   

The article:

https://www.404media.co/whats-the-point-of-school-when-ai-can-do-your-homework/

The real impact of Mackenzie Scott's historic donations to HBCUs [ ABC News ]

Whistleblower statutes should be changed to incentivize university research groups to investigate potential fraud. [ Moshe Alamaro ]

"Whistleblower reward laws are designed to incentivize insiders to expose corporate fraud by offering a bounty. In the U.S., agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and laws such as the False Claims Act typically grant whistleblowers 10 to 30 percent of the total fines collected. These rewards help offset the significant professional and personal risks faced by those who come forward. . . .  Are universities and their scientists eligible to receive rewards like those that whistleblowers who expose fraud receive? Only in limited circumstances. . . ."

--Moshe Alamaro

Starting at Harvard and Falling for Your First Tree [ NYTimes ]

The flava:

In a time when we live ever more deeply embedded in the digital ecosystem, Harvard University’s seminar called “Tree” should be a required course for all.

Its lessons are not delivered in a lecture hall, nor is there a hefty, Latin-filled botany textbook to wade through. And despite his impeccable credentials, the professor of record, the evolutionary biologist William Friedman, isn’t the one bestowing the weekly installments of instruction on the students, exactly — at least not in the traditional format.

The trees themselves do much of the teaching. . . .    

The article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/realestate/starting-at-harvard-and-falling-for-your-first-tree.html

Robert Kelchen interview [ Small College America ]

Life Inside America’s Oldest Private Military College | Norwich University [ Sam Eckholm ]