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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Renee Perez has any extra money, she sets it aside for her five children. For the 38-year-old business information technology major at Texas Christian University, anything that isn't essential, like professional clothing, is a difficult purchase to justify. She's noticed others in the Fort Worth…

Image: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)Some colleges are now restricting TikTok access on campus following a government crackdown in several states. Lawmakers have accused TikTok of reporting user data to China, and in recent weeks have moved to ban the app on state-issued devices. South Dakota was the first state to pass the ban with 13 other states soon following suit.The University of Oklahoma and Auburn University in Alabama have each announced that while students can still access TikTok on their personal devices and on…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Until about 2020, universities used cryptocurrencies only to pay ransoms to criminals attacking their networks. A fast payment to criminals helped victim universities restore their networks quickly. With increasing public adoption of cryptocurrencies, especially among young consumers, universities are…

Korean technology conglomerate Samsung Electronics’ India division on Wednesday announced plans to hire up to 1,000 engineers from top engineering colleges in the country for its research and development (R&D) facilities. The engineers would be hired next year, and will be…

The article presents the best colleges for artificial intelligence to check out in 2023Artificial intelligence is a unique branch of computer science popularly known as AI, which aims at creating Intelligent machines using technology. AI mainly involves minimal intervention. A career in artificial intelligence opens up a world of possibilities for those who pursue it. Students will get a fundamental understanding of the processes and technologies that individuals use every day at the best colleges for artificial…

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon plans to phase out Academy, an Indian edtech service launched in 2021 to help prepare for admission to engineering colleges, starting in August 2023 — Amazon will be shutting down Amazon Academy, an online learning platform it launched in India for high-school students last year, the company said Thursday. Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon plans to phase out Academy, an Indian edtech service launched in 2021 to help prepare for admission to engineering colleges,…

By Elvia Limón and Laura BlaseyHello, it’s Wednesday, Nov. 23, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:TOP STORIES California community college enrollment has plummetedEnrollment at the state’s community colleges has dropped to its lowest level in 30 years, new data show, a decline that has educators scrambling to meet students’ changing needs as many question the value of higher education after harsh pandemic years.Since pre-pandemic 2019, the state’s 115 campuses have collectively lost about 300,000 students,…

Enrollment at California’s community colleges has dropped to its lowest level in 30 years, new data show. The stark decline has educators scrambling to find ways to meet the changing needs of students, who may be questioning the value of higher education as they emerge from harsh pandemic years.Since pre-pandemic 2019, the 115 campuses have collectively lost about 300,000 students, an alarming 18% drop that portends significant enrollment-based funding cuts if enrollment does not increase.That uncertainty has put the…

On Monday, I was at the Supreme Court for five hours of oral arguments on affirmative action. In constitutional debates about the issue, both sides like to lay claim to Justice John Marshall Harlan’s celebrated dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson—the 1896 case that notoriously held that requiring separate train cars for Black and white passengers did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, and that was eventually overruled in Brown v. Board of Education. Harlan wrote, “In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is…

College students are increasingly seeking help when they are overwhelmed by academic assignments, drifting toward depression or in the throes of suicidal thoughts, school officials say. Hundreds of institutions, from Diablo Valley College in California to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, are joining with companies including TimelyMD, Uwill and Talkspace to ease the burden on their campus-based counseling centers and give students more options for which counselors to see, when and how. In…