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This year, the Department of Education created a massive headache for millions of college students and their families when it released an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form that was riddled with technical bugs. Completing the FAFSA form is required for anyone seeking federal grants and loans, as well as institutional financial aid at the vast majority of American colleges and universities. However, despite the form's importance, issues with this year's FAFSA made it nearly impossible to complete for many families and led to a dramatic 13.5 percent decl...
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When it comes to competition for jobs and resources, education has always been a crucial factor in our sucess. The adult population in Europe with tertiary education, which is the highest level, considerably varies across the continent, according to the available data. On the average, almost one third aged 25-74 years in the European Union have a higher education degree, including public and private universities, colleges, technical training institutes, and vocational schools. Educational level also varies with age and gender. So which countries have the highest rate of higher education in Eur...
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Harvard's endowment grows faster than its annual tuition costs every year. It literally has enough money to cover the tuition for every student forever, without any financial assistance from taxpayers. So why are we taking tax dollars away from the 99 percent of Americans who never went to an Ivy League college and giving it to the incubation chamber of tomorrow's trust-fund tycoons? Written and starring Andrew Heaton. Writer and Host: Andrew HeatonProducer: Meredith BraggProducer: Austin BraggProducer: John CarterThe post Why Are We Funding Harvard? appeared first on Reason.com.
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Events celebrating Israeli Memorial Day and Israeli Independence Day at two New York City colleges were canceled last month after school officials cited security concerns over planned protests, according to a legal letter sent last week by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a First Amendment nonprofit, to the City University of New York (CUNY). In May, Baruch College's chapter of Hillel, a Jewish campus organization, had planned to hold an Israeli Memorial Day and Independence Day event in the Hillel building's second-floor lobby. But when other students planned to pro...
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The U.S. Department of Education has jeopardized access to financial aid for millions of college students and their families—all because it failed to create a functional online form. In what is possibly the largest web-based government fumble since the rollout of HealthCare.gov in 2013, the updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online form has been a glitch-filled fiasco, infuriating families and universities alike. Students seeking federal loans and grants must use the FAFSA form, but it's also essential for those who don't intend to take federal money, since the vast major...
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Nearly a year ago, President Joe Biden's sweeping one-time student loan forgiveness plan was struck down by the Supreme Court. That setback, however, hasn't kept the Biden administration from enacting a plan to forgive billions in student loans. In 2022, the Education Department unveiled a new, incredibly generous income-driven repayment (IDR) plan that allows many students to receive federal loan forgiveness more than a decade sooner than other similar programs. Several groups sued to stop the new plan's implementation, but a federal judge ruled last week that all but three suing states didn'...
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On Monday, Harvard officials announced that the university would no longer require diversity, inclusion, and belonging statements as part of its hiring process for open positions in the faculty of arts and sciences. According to The Harvard Crimson, Harvard's previous policy required candidates to submit a statement detailing their "efforts to encourage diversity, inclusion, and belonging, including past, current, and anticipated future contributions in these areas." Under the new rules, finalists for a position will be required to submit two statements, one about their "efforts to strengthen ...
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A gray-haired Dartmouth professor was tackled, zip-tied, and detained on May 1 along with about 90 other protesters. "I've been teaching here for 34 years," Annelise Orleck told The New York Times after video of the arrest went viral. "There have been many protests, but I've never, ever seen riot police called to the green." Much of the debate about the campus protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war has centered—quite reasonably—on questions around free speech, civil disobedience, and violence. When do chants become threats? When does blocking access to a building become the use of force? Les...
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Formal education isn’t for everyone but we’re often led to believe that it’s the only path to success. When looking at Forbes’ Global 2000 of 2023, the ranking of the world’s biggest companies, almost all of the CEOs or senior leaders of the top 10 companies have a Masters of Business Administration (MBA). Only Bank of America’s CEO, Brian Moynihan had no business qualifications, but as he holds a doctorate in law, he’s hardly uneducated. It’s been a long time since many of today’s C-suite did their studies and the world has changed a lot. As we look towards the future, we ask the question, is...
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A third of Europeans do not understand how inflation works, according to a survey by Eurobarometer. The same survey revealed only 18% of EU citizens were able to show a high level of financial literary. According to the survey, 65% of EU citizens are aware that, in times of positive inflation, the purchasing power of their money decreases, meaning they can buy less than they could before with the same amount of money. Lack of knowledge about inflation could be seen as concerningIn October 2022, the annual inflation in the EU reached levels not seen before in the previous four decades at 11.5%....
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