US FLAG system operational again for H-1B and PERM filings The US Department of Labor has resumed processing H-1B and Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) applications following a temporary outage of its FLAG system. Employers can now submit new LCAs and labour certification requests through the online portal, which was previously inaccessible due to a…
For decades, the path to success in the United States followed a familiar script: study hard, get into a good college, graduate, and secure a stable, high-paying job. It was the promise that fuelled generations, the cornerstone of the American dream. But for Gen Z, that dream is beginning to look like an outdated myth.According…
How Americans can manage career and finances after major US layoffs. (AI Image) A growing number of major companies in the US are announcing steep job cuts, making unemployment increasingly challenging for many workers. Amazon, UPS, General Motors and Paramount are among the organisations that have recently slashed positions, leaving thousands of employees seeking new…
California’s community colleges are facing a peculiar crisis that involves fraud, and identity theft. Beneath the surface of the state’s vast higher education system, thousands of so-called “ghost students” have allegedly enrolled in classes, occupied limited seats, and in many cases, collected financial aid meant for genuine learners. According to OpenTheBooks, a watchdog organisation that…
Declining foreign enrolments threaten US research and revenue (Getty Images) The US faces a potential $7 billion loss in economic revenue as international student enrolments are projected to fall sharply in the coming academic year. One analysis from the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA) estimates that 30–40 percent fewer international students may register…
For more than twenty years, New York City’s mayors have fought to retain a firm hold on America’s largest public school system. Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and frontrunner in the city’s mayoral race, wants to loosen that grip.If elected, Mamdani plans to overhaul a system of “mayoral control” introduced by Michael Bloomberg in 2002,…
Stanford ends diversity fellowship citing US Supreme Court affirmative action ruling Stanford University will discontinue its long-running Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship Programme by the end of this year. The decision, which comes amid University-wide budget cuts and changes in federal policy, marks the end of a 17-year initiative aimed at increasing diversity…
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is confronting a storm of public attention after one of its senior administrators, Associate Dean Percival Matthews, made a series of statements describing President Donald Trump as a racist and co-authored an academic paper asserting that America’s education system, and even mathematics itself, are “inherently violent” toward Black students, according to…
Data has become the new currency of power, fueling boardroom decisions, transforming industries, and redefining what it means to be informed. Yet beneath the deluge of information lies a deeper challenge: How to make sense of it all. That task falls to a new class of professionals, data scientists, who convert the chaos of raw…
They say Einstein’s genius arrived in flashes, but few mention the stillness that came before the spark—the quiet rituals he built to let his mind wander without losing its way. Picture this: A dim afternoon room, books stacked like small fortresses, sunlight folding in through a narrow window. Einstein sits in an armchair, a spoon…
