Getting a Loan for Grad School Is About to Get More Complicated
With new limits on federal lending, many students will need private loans and some could be shut out. See the data, program by program.
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With new limits on federal lending, many students will need private loans and some could be shut out. See the data, program by program.
[Daily Maverick] The Department of Basic Education is seeking to permanently end the quiet expulsion of pregnant learners. Draft regulations propose an ironclad academic safety net and mandatory reporting laws, though legal advocates warn that schools are still actively finding ways to push expecting teens out of the system.

Often referred to as the “dyslexia of numbers”, dyscalculia is thought to affect one in 20 people.
[Leadership] The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government and Plateau State Government over the abduction of a University of Jos (UNIJOS) student, John Arum, warning of a nationwide protest and shutdown of socio-economic and academic activities if urgent action was not taken to rescue him.

Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blame
A Massachusetts liberal arts college is set to close permanently due to low enrollment and financial problems.
The board of trustees of Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school in Amherst founded in 1965, pointed to “financial pressures” that have been “compounded by shifting...
Hundreds of small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase.
[Daily Maverick] University of Fort Hare Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu has been suspended as the SIU investigates serious corruption and maladministration claims at the university spanning two decades.
[Nile Post] At the sidelines of the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) Leaders’ Retreat in Kyankwanzi, President Museveni has commissioned the construction of the Rtd Gen Caleb Akandwanaho School of Research and the Walter Rodney Block.
[Nile Post] Karamoja Peace and Technology University (KAPATU) has rejected allegations by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), setting up a dispute over compliance, governance, and the status of its licensing process.
[Nile Post] Ibanda University in Ibanda District is set to introduce full-fledged science degree programmes as part of a strategic expansion aimed at strengthening its academic portfolio and responding to rising demand for science-based education in Uganda.
[Nile Post] The Vice Chancellor of Ibanda University, Professor Peter Kanyandago, has expressed concern over the rising burden of mental health challenges among young people in Uganda, calling for urgent and coordinated intervention from education, health, and policy stakeholders.
[Nile Post] Karamoja Peace and Technology University (KAPATU) Project has dismissed claims by the National Council for Higher Education, insisting it has met all legal requirements and remains on course to establish the region’s
An Alabama parent, he objected to prayer in his children’s classrooms. The Supreme Court ruled for him, a high-water mark in the push for the strict separation of church and state.

Disadvantaged girls are overlooked in efforts to tackle underachievement, education leaders say.

Chancellor ‘frustrated and angry’ at the effect on UK firms and families and says US went into war without a clear exit plan
Q: Why are you calling for an inquiry into Nigel Farage’s investment in a bitcoin firm?
Davey said that, in investing in crypto, Farage, the Reform UK leader, seemed to be copying Donald Trump. He said he thought MPs should be banned from promoting financial services or...
Debates over how to teach about gender, sexuality and other topics have shaken the school, and lead to the ouster of the previous president at the College Station campus last summer.
Officials said the teenage attacker killed himself when cornered by the police. The authorities are investigating possible motives.
The lack of a thriving youth movement in opposition to Trump is a canary-in-the-coal-mine warning of the deterioration of American exceptionalism.

Schools across Wales say phone bans improve behaviour but can mean conflict with pupils and parents.

The government hails the ‘green revolution’ as a solution to economic decline, but some young jobseekers say the rhetoric does not match their experience
On paper, Jake Snell, 19, sounds like the perfect candidate for a role in the UK’s burgeoning green energy sector. He has high grades in maths and physics A-level, a distinction in BTec engineering and another distinction in an extended...

The three are among 19 across the UK to use to cash to offer digital and technologies training.