The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide.Emma Steele The organization is making deliberate moves to fix that disparity. According to the report…
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The acquisition, of an undisclosed value, will help the Sweden-based international education organisation expand its network of education agencies beyond Europe and help find and enrol more students in the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership will also aid Keystone’s aim of evolving beyond search and discovery, helping students all the way to enrolment and retention….
Within the sector of quantum computing, quantum communication systems are a rapidly growing field. In this article, we look at the development of such systems and some of the related patents filed in this area. Quantum communication Quantum computing technologies will continue to develop and improve in 2024. One of the main aims of the…
Home Daily News Teen on field trip ends up in handcuffs and… Juvenile Justice Teen on field trip ends up in handcuffs and jail garb because judge didn’t want to be ‘played with’ By Debra Cassens Weiss August 15, 2024, 10:28 am CDT A teenager sleeping during a field trip to a Detroit courtroom got…
Home Daily News Warrant required for overhead zoom-lens search… Privacy Law Warrant required for overhead zoom-lens search that could reveal ‘intimate’ and ‘unflattering’ details, top state court says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 12, 2024, 1:29 pm CDT The Alaska Constitution requires police to get a warrant if they use binoculars or cameras with zoom…
As you may have seen, the Attorney General of Oklahoma filed a motion asking that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals slow down the pace of executions in that state. Attorney General Gentner Drummond argued that killing someone on the schedule set by the court—every 60 days—imposed a psychological and professional burden on an overtaxed…
A recent high profile decision has highlighted that time is of the essence for employers seeking to enforce restraint of trade provisions against former employees, with a three-month delay in commencing proceedings deemed sufficient to thwart an employer’s application for interlocutory relief. Scyne Advisory Business Services Pty Ltd v Heaney [2024] NSWSC 275 These proceedings…