Ed Department error may delay student financial aid further
Students may have to wait even longer for their financial aid award letters due to an Education Department error
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Salem College, Forsyth Tech sign agreement to cap costs for some transferring students
Officials at Salem College and Forsyth Technical Community College are partnering on a new tuition agreement.
Guilford County Schools to develop plan to sustain technology upgrades when COVID-19 relief expires
Guilford County Schools is developing a plan to continue supporting technology upgrades and student devices after federal COVID-19 funding expires this year.
New Indiana law requires professors to promote 'intellectual diversity' to keep tenure
A new Indiana law requires professors to promote "intellectual diversity" to receive tenure. Critics worry the measure will dissuade academics from staying in the state.
Indiana universities can revoke tenure if profs don't foster 'intellectual diversity'
Indiana's Republican governor signed a bill that critics say will undermine tenure programs at universities. The law means a professor could lose tenure if they don't promote "intellectual diversity."
Biden cancels nearly $6 billion in student debt for public service workers
Because of past administrative failures, the some 78,000 affected public service workers such as nurses and teachers never got the relief they were entitled to under the law, Biden said.
AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education
One of the nation's best-known media literacy events for high school students is expanding as demand grows for skills to identify deepfake images and online conspiracy theories.
This year it's a slow crawl to financial aid packages for students
Colleges are just beginning to receive long-overdue FAFSA data. Meanwhile, students who've been accepted to college still face weeks before they receive aid offers.
Alabama governor signs anti-DEI law
Another state has moved to how race can be discussed in schools and universities. Alabama's governor signed a law that would allow school staff to be terminated if they teach "divisive concepts."
Alabama governor signs ban on DEI funds that restricts 'divisive concepts' in schools
"Nothing in this act," the legislation states, ".... May be construed to inhibit or violate the First Amendment rights of any student or employee." But its opponents say it does just that.