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NAC’s HIV/AIDS initiative bearing impact
By Isabel Banda Lilongwe, July 16, Mana: National Aids Commission (NAC) has said its initiatives to get an Aids free nation by 2030 in the coming generation was proving to be successful. Speaking with Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Tuesday in Lilongwe, Acting HIV Protection and Prevention Officer for NAC, Francis Mabedi said that the main aim for these groups were to give access to the youth with information about HIV and its preventive measures.
Kalichero set to finalize new planting hoe innovation
By Isabel K Banda Lilongwe, July, 12, Mana: A 22-year-old innovator George Kalichero who continues to amaze Malawians with his wonderful innovations by bringing his ideas into reality, is currently working on a planting Hoe which will speed up the planting process for farmers. Speaking with Malawi News Agency, on Friday, Kalichero said the planting hoe will help farmers by reducing the time that they spend when planting their seeds.
Employer-Provided Tuition Benefit Programs: Is Guild As Good As It Gets?
To attract and retain workers in today’s tight labor market, the largest employers in the United States have turned to promoting college tuition and education benefits. In 2021, Amazon announced a plan to revamp its college benefit program, with perhaps the most impactful feature being that Amazon will directly pay its contracted education providers rather than requiring its employees to request a reimbursement after paying out of their own pockets.
Brighten the Federal Spotlight on College Accreditation
In the fall of 2020, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named me to join seventeen others on a federal advisory committee overseeing college accreditation.
Flying Under the Regulation Radar: University Partnerships with Coding Bootcamps
Bootcamps—for-profit, unaccredited, short-term educational programs—have continued to find new university partners during the pandemic. These partnerships have been especially lucrative for coding bootcamps—a popular variant that teaches computer programming—who typically collect 80 percent of the revenue generated from the program and who use the partnerships to gain exemptions from state regulations.
DeVos Must Take Action against Predatory College Chain
A Colorado court recently issued a blockbuster decision in favor of students, represented by the State Attorney General’s Office, and against college operators who got rich by tricking low-income students into taking out loans to attend CollegeAmerica, Independence University, and other profit-driven schools associated with an umbrella corporation, the Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE).
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