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Meeting the Looming Web Accessibility Regulations: The Time to Start Was Yesterday

WCET Frontiers

NWHeat (Northwest Higher Education Accessibility Technology) is a partnership between Orbis Cascade Alliance (for libraries) and the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC). The compliance deadline is: 50,000 or more people: April 24, 2026, Fewer than 50,000 people: April 24, 2027. What is the Deadline?

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Can Technology Help Community Colleges Avoid the Enrollment Cliff?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

What awaits college and university leaders is the long-predicted enrollment cliff, the period around 2025 or 2026 when the effects of the Great Recession on this country’s birth rate will be realized as dramatically fewer high school seniors reach graduation. A defining moment for higher education in this country lurks just around the corner.

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Canadian associations welcome collaboration with new Prime Minister

The PIE News

This aligns with the governments aim to reduce Canadas total population of temporary residents by about 445,000 in 2025 followed by another 445,000 in 2026.

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SUNY to mandate civic discourse and AI education for students

University Business

Undergraduates in SUNYs incoming fall 2026 cohort will take courses as part of their general education curriculum reflecting the rise of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. SUNY officials said they changed to reflect the rise of emerging technologies like AI. SUNY Chancellor John B. Read more at WXXI.

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6 Strategies for Educating the AI Workforce

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The field of artificial intelligence is hot right now, and with so many potential applications for the technology, most of us can’t even imagine them all. million data-related job openings by 2026, with demand for AI research scientists expected to grow by 19 percent. Because of the explosion in AI interest, the U.S.

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Language educators face AI revolution head-on at Eaquals 2025

The PIE News

The next Eaquals Conference will take place in Berlin from 1214 March 2026. “So in one sense, teachers adapting to the opportunities, the affordances of artificial intelligence is another step in that journey to to constantly evolving as a teacher.

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New Student Retention and Admissions Strategies Focus on Tech

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Drones at college fairs, robot-guided campus tours and AI chatbot tutors promising personalized education are just a few of the technology tools universities across the country are using, all with a common goal in mind: to attract the next generation of students excited about tech as the enrollment cliff looms.

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