'Merit' Makes A Comeback: More Universities Reinstate Testing Requirement For Admissions Authored by Wenyuan Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Harvard, following in the footsteps of its Ivy League peers (Dartmouth and Yale) has reinstated standardized testing in its undergraduate admissions. America’s oldest private university, after popularizing the “holistic admissions” model (originally used in the early 20th century to keep Jews out) and dissing meritocracy, is perhaps...
Despite some prestigious universities shifting in the last two months to require standardized test scores in admissions again, Iowa regent universities are unlikely to follow. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many public and private universities have made ACT and SAT test scores an optional part of college applications to accommodate for time and learning lost while
TORONTO - Equifax Canada says it's exploring how rent data could factor in to credit scores to help make credit and financial services accessible to more people. The agency says it's been testing small volumes of rental payment data for a while, and has found that including “alternative data” could establish or enhance the credit scores of about five million more Canadians. The federal government recently announced it wants to see rental payment history count toward credit scores. In its...
Study.com used data from The Nation's Report Card to explore declining test scores for history and civics subjects in the U.S.
Testing of pasteurised milk from stores found genetic traces of H5N1 virus, but fragments do not indicate it contains live virusDairy cows being moved across states must be tested for the bird flu, under a federal order issued on Wednesday aimed at containing the spread of the virus across US cattle farms.The clampdown comes after testing of pasteurised milk from grocery store shelves found genetic traces of the H5N1 virus. Health officials said that these fragments of virus do not indicate that...
The US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that it is issuing a federal order to require more testing and reporting of H5N1 influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, in dairy cows. The USDA had previously required reporting of H5N1 influenza in poultry and wild birds, but producers were not required to let the government know if cows tested positive – a factor the USDA admitted had hampered its ability to investigate the spread of the current outbreak in cattle. Since cases were confirmed...
Test case validations include transmitter and receiver, demodulation, and radio resource management for narrowband internet of things over non-terrestrial networks Validations support certification testing at GCF Recognized Test Organizations Record number of new test cases secured at Conformance Agreement Group #78 meeting, including RedCap radio resource management for single receiver and inter-radio access technology with … Read More → "Keysight Secures New Test Case Validations for...
Junior Firpo has issued a “better side” Leeds United challenge with a Whites results admission and virus update. Left-back Firpo helped Leeds to a huge 4-3 win at Monday night’s Championship hosts Middlesbrough, after which he revealed that he battled through a recent bout of sickness and fever, declaring that he was on the verge of throwing up in the second half. Victory at Boro, where Firpo provided two assists, put Daniel Farke’s Whites back into the Championship’s automatic promotion places...
DETROIT (AP) — Automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all U.S. new passenger vehicles
DETROIT (AP) — In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled the final version of the new []