The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Grand Canyon University for allegedly misleading prospective doctoral students. A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Education Department used the wrong legal standard when it denied Grand Canyon University’s application for nonprofit status in 2019. The decision by the three-judge panel of the … Read more
California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, along with education leaders from across the state, expressed strong opposition to President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Thurmond stated that this move would pose a significant threat to the quality of education that students need for a successful future. During a press … Read more
CARsgen Therapeutics Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 2171.HK) has recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the clinical holds on clinical trials of three of its CAR T-cell therapies in the United States. These therapies include zevorcabtagene autoleucel (zevor-cel, CT053), which targets BCMA, satricabtagene autoleucel (satri-cel, CT041), targeting Claudin18.2, and CT071, … Read more
X’s Community Notes program, which relies on crowd-sourced fact-checking, has been criticized for not effectively addressing the spread of misinformation related to the U.S. elections on Elon Musk’s social media platform. A report published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate revealed that a significant number of misleading posts were not corrected by accurate notes … Read more
Israel Patrick Kingsley serves as The Times’s bureau chief in Jerusalem. The polls clearly show that Israelis would predominantly vote for Trump if given the chance. However, regardless of the election outcome, the long-term impact is expected to be limited. Israeli society, as well as the government, currently holds stronger opposition towards Palestinian statehood and … Read more
“ World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture launched by former president Donald Trump, recently unveiled its native token and is now reportedly planning to create its own stablecoin, which can act as a substitute for the U.S. dollar, as reported by Decrypt. Stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency pegged 1:1 to the value of a fiat-currency … Read more
At the start of October, The Orlando Sentinel released an editorial stating a change in their endorsement policy for political races. The newspaper, owned by Alden Global Capital, announced that they will no longer endorse candidates for governor, Senate, or president, including the upcoming races this year. This decision, affecting both The Orlando Sentinel and … Read more
A new report reveals a significant increase in student demand for MBA degrees. The number of total applications to U.S. MBA programs surged by 11% between 2023 and 2024, following two years of declines. The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) released the survey showing this uptick. Full-time MBA programs experienced the most growth in the … Read more
Data is now everywhere in our lives, informing our decisions about which new show to watch, what path to take or whether to grab an umbrella. But it’s practically absent from the way our kids learn. Our approach to teaching data science and data literacy has hardly evolved since I started my teaching career in … Read more
French drugmaker Sanofi’s announcement that it will sell a majority stake in its consumer health division to a US investment fund has sparked a new wave of political backlash, with concerns about the loss of control over essential medications. Paris is being urged to block the sale by using its powers to safeguard strategic sectors, … Read more