In a move designed to provide greater access to financial aid for college, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia launched the Virginia Alternative State Aid (VASA) Application and web portal to help Virginia students who are ineligible to complete the Federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and undocumented students, access state financial aid to help pay for college.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it will commit another $240 million in its eighth wave of the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program support.
The College Board announced today that its SAT suite of assessments will be offered fully digital in the United States by 2024. The decision comes after the College Board piloted a digital exam in both the United States and internationally in Nov. 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) will use artificial intelligence-enabled walkthrough scanners to screen students, faculty, and visitors for improved campus safety.
The Northshore School District in Washington state is asking voters in the upcoming Feb. 8 election to approve two new levies and one bond, which would total roughly $700 million of new funding for the district.
While 2021 certainly had some attention-getting ransomware attacks, a new report from anti-virus software company Emsisoft found that ransomware attacks dropped in 2021 for both state and local governments (SLGs) and educational organizations.
The City College of New York (CCNY) announced that it is now directly connected to the COSMOS beyond-5G testbed, which is supported by multi-million dollar investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Northeastern Regional Information Center (NERIC) announced that it has contracted with Edupoint Educational Systems to offer the company’s Synergy Education Platform to NERIC member schools.
The South Carolina State Board of Education announced that it has approved a new science techbook for statewide use as a core instructional resource.
A new report found that the majority of educations – 74 percent – believe that video is more effective than text-based educational content.
