Jake Cunningham has had a lot of claims to fame. He grew up in Wasilla, Alaska, in the same town as former Governor and Vice President candidate Sarah Palin. She famously said she could “see Russia from her house”; Jake saw her (and her paparazzi) every now and then at Wal-Mart. After moving to…

When Passy Matendo signs on to a Zoom meeting, her name appears on the screen as “Maombi.” “It’s what I’m called at home,” she explains. In Swahili, the word literally means “prayers” or “supplications,” and as a name, it is often loosely translated as “gift from God.” Since coming to the U.S. from…

The updated FAFSA was delayed this fall, and the impact of that three-month delay rolled down the line to colleges, families, and students. College financial aid offices are now scrambling to process student financial data and to get their aid decisions out to families as quickly as possible…