Thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest error

Thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest error

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications. A vendor working … Read more

US tensions with China are fraying long-cultivated academic ties. Will the chill hurt US interests?

US tensions with China are fraying long-cultivated academic ties. Will the chill hurt US interests?

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came to the United States to study biochemistry. More than three decades later, he had a prestigious professorship in California and was conducting promising research on Parkinson’s disease. But now Fu is doing his research at a Chinese university. His … Read more

Student loan borrowers restart bills in ‘a very messy system’

Student loan borrowers restart bills in ‘a very messy system’

The Biden administration restarted student loan bills for 40 million Americans this month. So far, the transition is proving painful for many borrowers. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, at rear, listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2022. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Amberlee McGaughey, a librarian in Pennsylvania, … Read more