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Yale, like other elite colleges, is expanding its financial aid program
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (444+ words) However, like other elite colleges, it's still a lot more difficult to get into than in previous years. Yesterday, Yale University announced that it would be expanding its current financial aid program to waive tuition fees for new students from…...
America now has more job seekers than available jobs
2+ week, 5+ day ago (442+ words) US job openings fell to 7.15 million in November, down from 7.45 million in the previous month, marking the lowest level since September 2024, according to BLS's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report released Wednesday." The figure came in below all…...
As Harvard addresses grade inflation, there’s still no easy fix for easy A’s
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) A damning internal report on soaring GPAs has done little to assuage scores of career-anxious Harvardians. It seems as though almost every milestone has become more difficult to achieve in recent years, from buying a house, to getting a job,…...
More Americans are job-hugging as switching employers doesn't pay like it used to
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (421+ words) With rising layoffs and fewer openings, job changes now bring the smallest relative pay bump in a decade " and workers are sticking where they are. Long gone are the days of the great resignation. Indeed, America's labor market is increasingly…...
OpenAI is working on a “jobs platform” for people who lose their jobs to AI
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (696+ words) OpenAI has some good news and bad news for workers. The bad news? AI will probably take your job. The good news? The company will offer AI-powered classes to retrain you, and try to help you get a job as…...
ChatGPT use is picking up again, just as students head back to school
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (956+ words) Students are returning to AI chatbots in swaths after a summer lull. As the long weekend draws to a close, with summer's final dregs not far behind, students across the country are gearing up for the new term. And, in…...
Older Americans haven't returned to work — and they may stay out longer
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (843+ words) Millions left the job market early during Covid. That surge has normalized, but the 55+ group isn't coming back. The pandemic scrambled the US labor market in countless ways " from empty offices to the work-from-home shift " but one of the stickiest…...
Gen Z are less likely to favor fully remote working compared with Millennials and Boomers
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (326+ words) Since the pandemic, working from home has not only endured as a pretty standard practice for office-based companies, but also remains a requisite for some job-seekers accustomed to having at least some days where their commute time is measured in…...
Duolingo on pace for worst day since February
6+ mon, 3+ hour ago (301+ words) Language learning app Duolingo is on track for its worst day since late February. There was little substantive news on the company, which reports Q2 numbers on August 6. But analysts at Citizens JMP did cut their price target on the stock…...
Tech companies pledge $23 million to train teachers to use AI
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (423+ words) Big Tech wants to get AI into every classroom, and now it's trying to make sure that teachers do, too. Microsoft, Anthropic, and OpenAI are pledging $23 million to help the American Federation of Teachers set up a "National Academy for…...