[ad_1] When Alicia Garcia first enrolled at College of the Desert, she felt lost. Her first semester grades at the California community college were not good, she says, and she didn’t know much about financial aid or academic advising. But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research ...

[ad_1] Republican lawmakers appear to be paralyzed over how to forge a deal with Democrats on asylum law and border-related changes. Legislation that links the issue with security aid to Ukraine is languishing on Capitol Hill for at least the sixth consecutive weekend. The issues have been broadly frozen since the summer, when Senate Republicans ...

[ad_1] If you build it, will it work? And how will you measure it? Those are vital questions for education technology innovators as they build ventures, secure funding and expand their impact. In a crowded marketplace with fierce competition for scarce dollars, savvy entrepreneurs embrace research to inspire, hone and scale their businesses. Catalyst @ ...

[ad_1] SMEs account for the majority of businesses worldwide and are important contributors to job creation and global economic development. They represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide. Formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of national income (GDP) in emerging economies. These numbers are significantly higher when informal SMEs are ...

[ad_1] Amid the recent catastrophes in the Middle East—the renewed Israel-Hamas war; widening violence in Lebanon, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea—one player counts the past year a success: China.  Beijing stacked up strategic win after win, not just expanding its economic presence, but convening leadership summits, brokering peace deals, and even holding ...

[ad_1] One thing is clear in the Pentagon’s first and much-anticipated defense industrial strategy: weapons and technologies must be purchased and ready for mass production quickly. But the question remains: Will there be enough money to make this happen? The Defense Department’s national defense industrial strategy, released Thursday, outlines four main priorities, all of which ...

[ad_1] Marines deploying to Asia for recent exercises learned to hide their command posts using local cell phone networks and other commercial tech, part of a growing push within the military to adapt to modern battlefields.  The Marines’ command posts, whose tell-tale radio emissions could give away their position to an enemy, were able to ...

[ad_1] BetaDen is offering a unique technology accelerator support package – at no cost! Could you be next to join the alumni of 50+ founders and get real help for real tech? Apply now for your chance to join the Cohort 8.0 programme, starting June 2024! Benefits of participation  9-month hybrid accelerator programme, 2-day per ...