Education
U.S. public schools brace for ‘fiscal cliff’ after surge in hiring meets budget shortfalls
Public schools across the United States are facing a financial reckoning in 2025 as federal pandemic relief funds expire and student enrollment continues to decline, according to data from the Georgetown Edunomics Lab. The funding crisis stems largely from the end of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds, which pumped billions of federal […]
Read More
Harvard’s battle with the Trump administration is creating a thorny financial situation
Harvard University’s Dunster House in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe via Getty Images Harvard’s brewing conflict with the Trump administration could come at a steep cost — even for the nation’s richest university. On April 14, Harvard University President Alan Garber announced the institution would not comply with the administration’s demands, including […]
Read More
Federal funding cuts are raising questions about university endowments. Here’s what some are worth and how they work
Columbia University Education Images | Getty Images In early March, the Trump administration canceled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year. The federal government sent the university a list of demands, such as suspending or expelling students who participated in the demonstrations. Columbia agreed to […]
Read More
FBI searches homes of Indiana U. cybersecurity Prof. XiaoFeng Wang and wife, seizes boxes
Pedestrians on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, US, on Sunday, April 7, 2024. Chet Strange | Bloomberg | Getty Images Video grabs of FBI raid at the home of Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Associate Dean for Research, XiaoFeng Wang. Source: 13WTHR NBC Affiliate An Indiana U. spokesman responded […]
Read More
The U.S.-Canada trade war could signal a shift in economic ties, experts say
President Donald Trump signed several executive orders at the start of his second term that lay out a blanket 25% tariff on Canadian goods imported into the United States, with some exceptions such as energy. Canadian energy will carry a lower tariff of 10%. The bulk of these tariffs went into effect at midnight on […]
Read More
I’ve written over 175 books, though I never set out to be an author: Creativity ‘has absolutely nothing to do with IQ’
Over the last 45 years, I have written and published over 175 books for adults and children. Sometimes the number surprises me, as I didn’t set out to be an author. Early on in my career, I realized that being a successful writer wasn’t just about crafting compelling stories. I needed to be a sponge, […]
Read More
More employers add 401(k) plan match for those paying student loans
Key Points More companies are choosing to offer a 401(k) plan match to workers who are paying off their student loans. A recent law, Secure 2.0, allowed employers to essentially treat student loan payments like a 401(k) contribution for the purposes of offering a match, starting in 2024. Large companies like Kraft, Workday, News Corp. […]
Read More
What makes a good leader? Being able to listen, say young people
Izusek | E+ | Getty Images Bringing people together, showing determination and being a good listener are some of the qualities younger generations look for in leaders. That’s according to Generation Z and millennial participants at the One Young World summit in Montreal, Canada. “It’s essential that, when leaders are at the forefront, they are […]
Read More
Why some families will pay $500,000 for Ivy League admissions consulting: ‘It’s worth the investment’
Ivy League architecture at Princeton University. Loop Images | Getty Images At the nation’s top schools, including many in the Ivy League, acceptance rates hover near all-time lows. “College admissions only ever gets more competitive and there’s a lot of stress from families about the stakes and how to get in,” said Thomas Howell, the founder […]
Read More
Indian ed-tech startup Physics Wallah bags $2.8 billion valuation amid sector troubles
Alakh Pandey (R), CEO of Physics Wallah, along with the company’s co-founder Prateek Maheshwari (L). Physics Wallah Indian education technology startup Physics Wallah announced on Friday that it had raised $210 million as it looks to expand its business, in part via acquisitions, amid troubles in the sector. The funding, led by Hornbill Capital, and […]
Read More