Apple digital ID scheme comes with conditions and costs
Apple's much promoted digital driver's licence feature comes at a cost to the taxpayer, according to reports. Read more
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Partnering on Students’ Tech Skills Training
Podium Education partners with institutions to give undergraduates hands-on technological experience in digital marketing, coding and data analytics. Read more
Two studies show Gen Z, companies may not want 4-year degrees
Career and technical education is intriguing to high school students, even if they are a bit uncertain about its value. Read more
Double trouble: How can colleges can prepare for the looming ‘twindemic’?
From mandates to clinics to outreach, strategies vary as institutions plan to deal with the merging of flu season with COVID Read more
There is now one administrator for every undergrad student at Yale
There are 4,664 undergrads at the Ivy League institution, according to the Yale Facts page. Yet there’s 5,000-plus administrators currently working there, the Yale Daily News reports: Read more
UIC tells students they cannot speak ‘freely like this’ while tabling for conservative group
School officials at the University of Illinois Chicago told a group of TPUSA students last Tuesday that they were not permitted to set up a table on campus without a reservation, and allegedly threatened them with arrest if they did not comply. Read more
Disadvantaged graduates earn half as much as privileged peers in first job
Graduates from poorer backgrounds earn half as much as their more privileged peers in their first job after university because they put themselves forward for fewer roles and lack the family connections and financial support to hunt for top jobs, a survey has shown. Read more
Changing China: How Xi’s ‘common prosperity’ may impact the world
China says its policies aimed at narrowing the widening wealth gap are precisely what it needs in this moment of its economic trajectory - but critics say it comes with even greater control of how business and society will be governed. Read more
Rooming with Rabbits (and other nonhumans)
Institutions with pet-friendly policies are seeing an uptick in students bringing dogs, cats, hamsters, reptiles and more to campus. Students say the animals help them cope with anxiety and stress. Read more
New documentary sheds light on ‘unscrupulous villains’ in student loan industry
Personal finance expert and radio host Dave Ramsey has helped people get out of debt and save for retirement and his new documentary takes a closer look at the student loan industry and how Americans are affected by it. Read more
