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.For a full list of episode sources and resources, visit our website at sixteentoone.com/archives.