EdTech News This Week

Updated: December 15, 2025

• 2025-12-13: GenAI Content Creation For Education In 2026: From Text To Full Courses In Minutes - Generative AI is revolutionizing course creation, enabling educators to transform simple text outlines into full online courses in minutes by 2026—dramatically accelerating content development. (Source: eLearning Industry) [Elearningindustry.com]
• 2025-12-12: Forbes BLK Newsletter: Expanding The HBCU Pipeline - Historic $800M+ donations to HBCUs and new Alabama charter schools spotlight a growing national push to expand Black educational pipelines and opportunity. (Source: Forbes) [Forbes]
• 2025-12-11: How Can Cloud Deployment Solve High Maintenance Costs And Slow Feature Deployment In Legacy LMS? - Cloud-based LMS deployments are replacing costly legacy systems, offering scalability and faster AI integration while reducing maintenance expenses by up to 40%. (Source: eLearning Industry) [Elearningindustry.com]
• 2025-12-11: Higher Ed Meets Longevity: The Global Rise Of Midlife Education - Universities like Harvard and NUS are pioneering midlife education programs, responding to global longevity trends and reinventing higher ed for older learners. (Source: Forbes) [Forbes]
• 2025-12-10: What would an AI university look like and how might it change education? - AI universities are emerging with avatar lecturers and AI-tailored curricula, poised to reshape credentialing and personalize learning at unprecedented scales. (Source: Nature) [Nature.com]
• 2025-12-09: Closing Equity Gaps in Career and Technical Education - Black students in career and technical education programs face equity gaps, often being steered into lower-wage service fields despite enrollment parity—prompting calls for better data tracking and funding equity. (Source: Inside Higher Ed) [Inside Higher Ed]
• 2025-12-09: Education Dept. Labels Hundreds of Colleges as ‘Lower Earnings’ - The Education Department flagged hundreds of “lower earnings” colleges where graduates don’t out-earn high school diploma holders, triggering mandatory warnings for federal aid applicants. (Source: Inside Higher Ed) [Inside Higher Ed]