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Biden Admin Forgives $6B in Debt for Former Art Institute Students

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The Department of Education will forgive debt for over 300,000 former Art Institute students. The Biden administration announced May 1 that the Department of Education (ED) would automatically forgive all remaining federal student debt for people who attended any Art Institute campus between Jan. 1, 2004, and Oct.

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La Familia: Five Ways Institutions Can Support Hispanic Families  

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These challenges, including education, employment, healthcare, and overall well-being, can significantly impact their lives and intrinsically affect their ability to help their children with college planning. Hispanic students often face disparities in educational attainment. The need for information equalized families!

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5 Ways AI Can Transform Nursing Education

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Although relevant AI technologies have existed in some form for years, they often go underutilized in nursing education due in large part to a lack of educators or confidence. To help nursing education keep pace with AI expansion, experts suggest that curriculum change is needed.

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The Rising Cost of College Tuition

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With tuition costs soaring to nearly six figures, concerns about affordability and the value of a college education have come to the forefront. In fact, between 1987 and 2017, the cost of attending a public four-year college rose more than 200%, far outstripping the growth in household income. for the same period.

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Meet Sophia, Your Robot Commencement Speaker

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She's also the first robot to earn citizenship , which Saudi Arabia granted her in 2017. They feel that the commencement speaker is not a proper reflection of their education and experiences they had at D'Youville University. Many students feel disrespected by this decision made by the University, the petition reads.

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Yale Continues to Increase Undergraduate Enrollment, Offers Admission to 2,304 Students

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Undergraduate enrollment has increased since 2017. In 2017, Yale opened Pauli Murray and Benjamin Franklin colleges to expand the undergraduate population and admit upwards of 200 additional students every admissions cycle, bringing total undergraduate enrollment from 5,400 to 6,200 in 2023.

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Nonprofit Partners With Colleges to Offer Computer Science Internship Program

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CodePath said that 64% of its 20,000 students since 2017 identify as low-income or being from underrepresented communities. Tech education nonprofit CodePath is teaming up with Georgia State University (GSU) and Miami Dade College to accelerate computer science students' success in the tech industry after graduation.