Summary List Placement Americans are turning pessimistic about the economy for the first time in months as coronavirus cases repeatedly hit new records. The University of Michigan’s index of consumer sentiment fell to 77 in a preliminary November reading from 81.8, marking its first decline in four months. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected the gauge […]
Summary List Placement The prospects for another coronavirus relief package before the end of the year diminished rapidly on Thursday, as Republicans and Democrats signaled they did not intend to budge from their long-held positions on spending levels. Both the Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer said they are still calling for a $2.4 […]
Summary List Placement The COVID-19 crisis has produced a highly unusual recession and recovery is likely to be uneven, according to European Central Bank president, Christine Lagarde, who on Wednesday warned against excessive optimism over the short-term impact to the economy from a vaccine. “While the latest news on a vaccine looks encouraging, we could […]
Mastercard today announced the expansion of its City Possible™ network and capabilities, whose unique solutions now reach over 500 communities in over 50 countries worldwide. The partnership framework focuses on building more inclusive and sustainable cities by increasing access to city services, expanding urban mobility solutions, and informing an inclusive recovery through data driven insights. […]
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted on November 8, 2020 by an external, independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) from the […]
Universities have begun taking the precautionary step of canceling their study abroad programs in Italy as the country grapples with the worst coronavirus outbreak outside Asia. Syracuse University, Fairfield University, and Elon University have indefinitely suspended their academic programs in Florence and are helping students return home. New York University has set a tentative start […]
For Gen Z, avoiding massive amounts of student debt is a big concern, high schoolers and college admissions coaches say. The average student loan debt for someone in the graduating class of 2018 was $33,654, according to government data. A whopping 85% of college grads say they regret taking out as much student loan debt […]
A Master of Science degree in business analytics (MSBA) can increase your earning potential to rival that of an MBA salary — but at half of the cost and time commitment. Over half of the top 100 business schools today offer MSBA programs, and these graduates go on to work for top companies like Amazon, […]
Fortune recently released its list of the top 100 companies to work for in 2020. The list is based on employee satisfaction surveys, which ask questions about employees’ feelings about their ability to reach their full potential at the company. The financial and insurance industry, as well as information technology, dominated the list. Check out […]
A Milwaukee public school teacher has been suspended after tweeting that he wishes Rush Limbaugh, who has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, a painful death. Travis Sarandos wrote that the Limbaugh “absolutely should have to suffer from cancer,” saying, “it’s awesome that he’s dying, and hopefully it is as quick as it is painful.” […]
Elon Musk tweeted a worldwide invitation to people interested in working at SpaceX to attend a career day at the company’s development facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX is in search of engineers, supervisors, and technicians for its Starship project. Starship is a next-generation spaceship designed to launch into orbit around the Earth by the […]
The deadlines for registering to vote vary by state, and can be notoriously hard to track down. Each US state and territory has its own dates and rules for registering to vote in person, online, and by mail, for both the primaries and the general election. This chart lists all the dates for registering before […]
Students at a New York state school are looking for answers after a student’s Twitter account mocking the school was handed over to college administrators. SUNY Geneseo student Isaiah Kelly was behind Twitter account @SUNYGenseeo, which he suddenly found himself locked out of, the email associated with the account changed, and all its tweets deleted. […]
A white elementary school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after casting to black students in “A Triangle of Trade,” a play about the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Although outraged, the mother of one of the children believes it’s not enough or fair to simply “scapegoat’ the teacher for “a system that is clearly broken.” […]
Two former New York Academy of Art students say that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell pressured them to play games with “sexual objects.” One of the students, Epstein accuser Maria Farmer, told Artnet that it was a frequent “party trick” of the late convicted sex offender. A third person confirmed that the students had visited […]
Roughly 10,000 students apply to Harvard Business School each year, but the acceptance rate is only 11%. Below, five successful applicants discuss what worked for getting in the door and what didn’t. For instance, in your entrance essay, it’s important not to overplay tales of overcoming incredible adversity. The writing should also be succinct and […]
To decide their nominees for president, Democrats and Republicans use a system of delegates. The delegates are people represent their states at national party conventions. The candidate who gets the support of a majority of delegates becomes that party’s presidential nominee. It’s even more confounding than it sounds, and Democratic candidates must master a confusing […]
Warren Buffett topped the list of America’s biggest givers after donating almost $15 billion to charitable causes between 2014 and 2018. The famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway boss led the pack in all five years, primarily giving to causes chosen by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. The high-profile philanthropist couple ranked second after Buffett, […]
US Navy Lt. Jonny Kim, a Navy SEAL and Harvard-trained physician, graduated from NASA training and became an internet celebrity. Kim said he first knew of the internet jokes after his friends and members of his Navy platoon sent him the memes. Kim said none of his career decisions were prompted by chasing medals or […]
The process of learning and mastering a new language is a winding journey that isn’t only about memorizing proper spelling, pronunciation, and grammar rules. Italki, an online platform for language learners around the world, adds the element of real human-taught lessons and interactions in order to help you practice any one of more than 130 […]
People often argue about the value of a college degree, but the numbers prove that someone with a higher level of education will typically earn more than someone with less education. An associate’s degree has the highest ROI overall, though other degrees will earn you much more over time. Remember that each degree major or […]
The things new entrants to the US labor force value have changed throughout the 2010s. Employer branding specialist firm Universum runs an annual survey of tens of thousands of college students, asking what they are looking for from their future employers. We looked at the job attributes that had the biggest positive and negative changes […]
Wonderschool, a startup that helps parents find day care, has laid off about 25% of its staff in a “desperate” attempt to cut costs and increase revenue, according to several employees who were recently let go. The Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup is downsizing at the same time it plans for a major expansion in 2020. Some […]
On Wednesday, the startup Anyscale announced it raised $20.6 million in series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Anyscale was built from the open source project Ray, a distributed computing project that allows people to run large scale applications across many computers. Anyscale was started by University of California, Berkeley graduate students and the co-founder […]
Yale’s School of Management ranks 9th among US News & World Report’s national business school rankings, and 11th in the world according to The Financial Times. The total cost of attendance for a Yale SOM MBA student was $100,274 for the 2018-2019 school year, but starting base salaries indicate that graduates are well compensated for […]
Stanford’s MBA program has an acceptance rate of 5.1%, making it one of the most selective programs in the US. Stanford GSB’s career management center head and assistant dean, Jamie Schein, told Business Insider what makes a successful Stanford applicant. Stanford MBAs are entrepreneurially minded, she explained, but they don’t all want to start their […]
Stanford’s Graduate School of Business 2019 employment report highlights starting salaries and trends in its most recent graduating class. Jamie Schein, Stanford GSB’s career management center head and assistant dean, said median and mean base salaries increased from last year by 6% and 5% respectively Social impact roles, such as sustainable supply chain management, increased […]
Wonderschool, a startup that helps parents find day care, is expanding to four new markets next year. The company helps childcare providers fill capacity by listing their centers on its website and mobile app, letting prospective parents book tours, and posting reviews. Wonderschool has raised $24 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Lerer Hippeau, and […]
Tuition-free SV Academy could be a game-changer for people at a career crossroads, especially immigrants and low-income students. The program prepares people for business development Representative roles at tech companies. Admissions into the three-month program is intensely competitive, with an average of 4,000 applications a month for 100 seats— but once applicants are in, they’re […]
Google has a diversity issue, like most tech companies. Unconscious bias, which refers to the stereotypes that subconsciously exist in our minds, contributes to this problem. Here’s Google’s unconscious bias training presentation, which has been distributed to more than half of its staff. Click here for more BI Prime stories. Over the past couple of […]
On Tuesday, Forbes debuted their annual “30 Under 30″ list, honoring a total of 600 young “revolutionaries” (30 each from 20 industries). Along with the list, the publication also revealed which universities produced the most under-30 game-changers honored this year. Forbes found that Harvard and Stanford — which also ranked as the No. 1 and […]
There are one-third less people enrolling in teacher training programs, which is part of the certification process to become an educator, according to data from the Center for American Progress. In some states, such as Michigan, Oklahoma, and Illinois, enrollment declined by more than 50%. The drop in teacher training enrollment suggests that issues plaguing […]
Supercomputing involves connecting smaller computers to a larger processing network for more computing options and capabilities. The University of Miami partnered with IBM this year for a $3.7 million update to the supercomputer it’s had in place since 2008. The new system is eight to 10 times more powerful than the previous one. Business Insider […]
The New York Times reported that the federal government has rejected more than 80,000 low-paid professionals from student debt forgiveness. More than 99% of applicants for loan forgiveness get rejected. Congress created the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to encourage graduates to go into low-paid but necessary jobs, such as teaching and law enforcement. According […]
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, says that he finds “reading books very intellectually fulfilling.” In 2015 he started a book club that he publicized on Facebook. Here are the books he selected that year, along with a more recent 2019 addition. Click here for more BI Prime stories. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a single […]
Applications to top business schools are on the decline, but gender parity is going up. That’s according to Elissa Sangster, the CEO of Forté Foundation, a nonprofit centered on gender parity in business school. To date, Forté has awarded $180 million in fellowships to female MBA students. She says that she’s “confident” that the foundation […]
The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is ranked fourth in the world by The Economist, sixth by US News, and third by Forbes. It costs a total of $151,815 for tuition and fees for two-year MBA students. This number is comparable to the average salaries of graduates in consulting and finance. Here are […]
Apple’s new MacBook Pro has a larger 16-inch screen and an improved keyboard, making it a compelling choice for Apple fans looking for a powerful work computer. The keyboard in particular represents a much-needed upgrade; Apple has ditched the butterfly mechanism keyboard in favor of a design inspired by its popular Magic keyboard. But, as […]
Many jobs that require a college degree or higher are set to grow rapidly in the next decade. Using employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we found the 20 jobs that typically require at least a bachelor’s degree that are expected to have the highest employment growth rates between 2018 and 2028. Physician […]
On Thursday at Dreamforce, Salesforce‘s annual mega-conference, former president Barack Obama said that the two big lessons he had for his daughters were to “be kind and be useful.” Obama, who is working with the Obama Foundation to train leaders, says that he sees these traits among young leaders today who work to make changes […]
Getting a college degree is an important step in many careers, but not every occupation that requires a college degree is set to grow. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we found 14 jobs that typically require at least a bachelor’s degree that are likely to shrink between 2018 and 2028. Reporters topped […]
While some industries are slowly dying out, others are growing. To determine which college majors are expected to grow in desirability throughout the next decade, we looked at industries on the rise and the majors that best prepare people for that career path. Computer and information sciences, technology, and information technology majors are expected to […]
An undergraduate degree from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences yields a higher median income 40 years after graduation than a degree from more than 4,500 undergraduate programs. This is according to a study from Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce, “First Try at ROI.“ We talked to Martin Van Der Werf, […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook said everyone’s highest purpose in life is to “help somebody else.” Cook made the remark at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference, where he talked about how his values guide his business decisions at Apple. Cook said that by focusing on serving others, a lot of complex decisions in life become “pretty simple.” Visit […]
The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce published a study titled “A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 colleges.” It ranks universities by their return on investment (ROI) for students 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 years after enrollment. Forty years after enrollment, the top 20 schools with the highest ROI include four […]