Currently, artificial intelligence (AI) is “regulated” in the US by a patchwork of state laws. Although President Trump has issued two Executive Orders related to AI, Executive Order 14179 of January 23, 2025 Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Executive Order 14365 of December 11, 2025 Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, a comprehensive federal […]
As of July 1st, short-term vocational training programs qualify for Pell Grants which until now have generally been available only to undergraduates getting associate or bachelor degrees. The grants are around $2,200, which in many instances cover the total cost of training for the credential. To qualify, a program must be between 8 to 15 weeks long and meet certain […]
As of early June, over 1,400 University of California (UC) faculty across the University’s campuses have signed on to a letter asking the UC Board of Regents, the UC Office of the President and the UC Academic Senate leadership to require undergraduate STEM applicants, starting with the 2027-28 admissions cycle, to submit an SAT or ACT math score. The letter […]
Harvard’s overabundance of A grades had increasingly become a point of contention. To address a concern that Harvard’s grading system had become too compressed at the top to distinguish truly exceptional work from merely strong performance, Harvard’s faculty overwhelming voted to cap the number of A grades awarded in a given course at 20%. The new policy applies to the […]