Senate Bills, Data Vaults, & Climate Classes

This week’s news headline roundup covers the following stories:

• Proposed Ohio Senate Bill 1 higher education legislation targets DEI initiatives, faculty rights, and funding, sparking fierce debates across campuses.
• New research warns that leaning on generative artificial intelligence tools might be eroding our cognitive muscles, raising questions about AI tools in educational contexts.
• A NY Climate Change Education Bill would embed age-appropriate climate change lessons in K-12 curricula.
• Partially in response to recent data deletions, Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab steps in to preserve over 300,000 federal public datasets for future research.

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