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Assessing Research Security Efforts in Higher Education: Experts Meeting and Workshop Series

Two meetings of experts and a workshop will explore potential avenues, challenges, and opportunities to assess the effectiveness and progress of current and potential U.S. Federal government research ...
The Hill

How does student loan forgiveness affect our national security? You might be surprised

This week, student loan repayments officially restart for millions of American citizens. According to the Department of Education, approximately $1.6 trillion of outstanding federal loans owed by ...
JD Supra

The OBBB Act | Transformative Changes in Infrastructure, Tax, Education, National Security and Agriculture: Insights from the 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

On Friday, July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) Public Law No: 119-21 (The OBBB Act), that encompasses extensive reforms affecting various sectors of ...
Inside Higher Ed

Let’s Talk About Hard Power: America’s Universities Are National Security Assets

For too long, Americans have underestimated the strategic value of our universities. The popular belief is that higher education’s chief contribution to national security is soft power—the goodwill ...
The Conversation

Fewer U.S. college students are studying a foreign language − and that spells trouble for national security

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957, it did more than spark fears about America’s ability to compete technologically. It also raised ...