How The Ed Department Fumbled The FAFSA Revamp
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🗓️ 21 February 2024
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Summary
The U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and stood alone on the 15-member U.N. Security Council in its vote. To understand the veto and the current state of hostage negotiations between Israel and Hamas, we spoke with The Intercept’s Prem Thakker.
A newly-overhauled website for FAFSA, or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is not working as intended and it’s creating chaos for students applying for college. Left in the dark about the size of their aid packages, some students don’t know which schools they can afford. We discuss what the Department of Education says they’re doing about it.
And in headlines: two men were charged in last week's shooting at a Kansas City Super Bowl victory parade, librarians could be under attack in West Virginia, and Bridgit Mendler rides the Disney-Channel-star-to-CEO pipeline.
Show Notes:
- The Intercept’s Prem Thakker – https://theintercept.com/staff/premthakker/
Politico: “College admissions face new turmoil after Biden’s Education Department fumble” – http://tinyurl.com/2ywazazn
Chalkbeat: “Partial FAFSA fix lets students from immigrant families apply for financial aid” – http://tinyurl.com/29bydcr7
CNBC: “Disney star turned space CEO: Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs” – http://tinyurl.com/2cazb6cb
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| 0:28.8 | On today's show, the Fumbled overhaul of FAFSA applications for student aid |
| 0:35.4 | has pushed back admissions for some colleges and students. Plus, Kansas City authorities |
| 0:40.8 | charged two men for the mass shooting at last week's |
| 0:43.8 | Super Bowl parade. But first yesterday the United States vetoed a resolution from |
| 0:48.7 | the United Nations for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Here is the US's ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas |
| 0:54.6 | Greenfield, explaining that the US said no because she believed it would |
| 0:58.2 | disrupt the negotiations to free the hostages who were taken from Israel. |
| 1:01.8 | Any action this council takes right now should help not hinder these sensitive and ongoing |
| 1:10.0 | negotiations. |
| 1:11.7 | And we believe that the resolution on the table right now would in fact |
| 1:16.4 | negatively impact those negotiations. The resolution which was proposed by |
| 1:22.3 | Algeria included a warning about |
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