Category «Education»

LLRX August 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns

There are eight new articles and seven new columns in the August 2025 Issue: The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health, Part 2 – This is a follow up to Sabrina I. Pacifici’s July 31, 2025 article, The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health. In just one …

Subjects: AI, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Economy, Education, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Part 2

Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Part 2. This is a follow up to Sabrina I. Pacifici’s July 31, 2025 article, The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health. In just one more month this administration has ramped up its use of unsupportable …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

How AI Is Changing Not ‘Killing’ College

Inside Higher Ed – “Key findings from Inside Higher Ed’s student survey on generative AI show that using the evolving technology hasn’t diminished the value of college in their view, but it could affect their critical thinking skills. Faculty and administrators’ opinions about generative artificial intelligence abound. But students—path breakers in their own right in …

Subjects: AI, Education, Knowledge Management

Hundreds of new Lincoln images available online

“The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has added nearly 500 images to its online collection of high-resolution Lincoln pictures, including photos of Lincoln’s assassin, the nation grieving Lincoln’s death and the places he lived throughout his life. The ALPLM’s “Picturing Lincoln” collection now offers 1,485 photos, illustrations and cartoons related to America’s 16th president. …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents

The authoritarian checklist

Can We Still Govern – Don Monyihan: “It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy. There is so much happening that occasionally pausing to take stock is necessary. So where are we? In deep trouble. America may not be fully authoritarian, but by no means can we consider it to …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Defense, Economy, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds

NeimanLab: “An economics paper found subscriber retention and daily visits both increased after readers were confronted with a difficult quiz with AI-generated images. Fake books. Made-up sources. Bogus trampoline bunnies. We’re all getting a lot of AI-generated content in our feeds these days. But a new working paper suggests there’s a silver lining for trusted …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food

Civil Eats: “Libraries, often unifying spaces, increasingly offer public classes on nutrition literacy, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table…Across the country, libraries are using culinary programs to evolve beyond traditional book-lending, adapt to users’ needs, and reshape themselves into contemporary centers of community. Events have generally centered on cookbook …

Subjects: Education, Food and Nutrition, Libraries

As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit

The New york Times – no paywall: “The effect of the federal assault on public broadcasting in the United States has mostly been expressed in big numbers and dire forecasts: $1.1 billion taken back; the existence of more than 100 television and radio stations at risk. But the cutbacks have already had one smaller, more …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Knowledge Management

Most Americans can’t name their First Amendment rights.

Poynter: ‘A new course wants to change that. A new First Amendment Academy from Freedom Forum and ASU’s Newswell offers free courses to help Americans understand their rights – Americans can now take over a dozen free, online courses hosted by Arizona State University to learn more about their First Amendment rights, thanks to a …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Legal Research

How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ in their levels of education

The Pew Research Center finds that “American audiences of 30 prominent news sources vary dramatically in their levels of education“. The American audiences of 30 prominent news sources vary dramatically in their levels of education, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Roughly six-in-ten U.S. adults (62%) who say they regularly get news from …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research