College admissions time crunch: Students can now make FAFSA corrections Families and students should now be able to make corrections to the Free Application For Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA, after a botched rollout that has caused families and universities to ... 04/16/2024 - 7:44 am | View Link
'This is make or break' — students are still waiting on financial aid days ahead of National College Decision Day Amid FAFSA delays, a growing number of colleges and universities have postponed their enrollment deadlines for students waiting on award letters. 04/15/2024 - 5:58 am | View Link
I benefited from legacy admissions. Universities should get rid of them. The Connecticut legislature is debating whether to ban university admissions preferences for the children of alums and donors, or legacy admissions. Connecticut would become the third state with such ... 04/14/2024 - 8:00 pm | View Link
Mississippi man with mental illness jailed for 20 days without charges The head of Mississippi’s Department of Mental Health recently told lawmakers that people who aren’t charged with a crime are spending less time in jail than they used to. But that’s not always the ... 04/12/2024 - 2:28 am | View Link
Boston University releases admissions decisions to the rest of class of 2028 Boston University released admission decisions on March 23 to regular decision applicants in the class of 2028. BU received a total of 78,751 applications from all three admissions cycles and 58% of ... 04/9/2024 - 7:04 am | View Link
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services.
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The protests, which were led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place Tuesday across Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, California.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area.
The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past 24 hours, Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation said.
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa ordered businesses and government offices to shut down Thursday and Friday amid a crippling lack of electrical power ahead of a key national referendum scheduled for Sunday.
Noboa blamed the unprecedented measure on drought, but also sabotage, without offering evidence. The energy crisis comes on the heels of a security crisis and a fiscal crisis that’s sent it seeking help from the International Monetary Fund.
President Joe Biden called China “xenophobic” while highlighting the Asian nation’s economic woes, as he sought to make the case for U. S. economic strength during a campaign stop in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
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“They’ve got a population that is more people in retirement than working. They’re not importing anything.
The Rockies were on the cusp of the most incredible comeback since Rocky Balboa decked Clubber Lang.
An exaggeration? Of course. But the underdog Rockies only needed to land one more punch in Rocky’s City of Brotherly Love.
But, “Yo, Adrian,” it never came, and the Phillies escaped with a 7-6 win Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park to complete a three-game sweep.
Balkan spirits and Detroit-style slices were served to the various factions of the Denver Nuggets as they learned which opponent they would be facing in the playoffs.
Jambalaya is officially off the table.
It’s Nuggets vs. Lakers for the third time in five years after Los Angeles knocked off the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.