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The Education Department’s ongoing meltdown due to its failed implementation of its new website for its Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) should, on the merits, be an ongoing major national story. But the Regime Media have chosen only to cover the story in a very sparing manner, shielding those responsible for the FAFSA meltdown from any scrutiny or accountability. Watch the oddly detached introduction to the report filed by Meg Oliver for the CBS Evening News: NORAH O’DONNELL: Nearly two weeks after what is traditionally College Decision Day, many students are still unable to commit to a school. That's because of computer glitches plaguing the Education Department's newly overhauled financial aid system. CBS’s Meg Oliver has an important update. MEG OLIVER: With high school graduation just weeks away, anxiety was mounting for senior Jojo Henderson. The 18-year-old from Pittsburg, Texas couldn't commit to college without knowing his financial aid. JOJO HENDERSON: I’m frustrated, because it’s just like- you do everything that you're supposed to do and then you have to wait on the government to catch up. The FAFSA meltdown is presented as just a singular misfortune that happened spontaneously. Like a tornado, perhaps, or a volcanic eruption- and most certainly not as the result of massive bureaucratic incompetence. This ongoing disaster falls squarely in the lap of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, who is far more focused on making sure men compete in women’s sports, change in women’s locker rooms and pee in women’s restrooms than in ensuring that college-bound students are able to access federal financial aid. Had this happened during the Trump administration and under Betsy DeVos’ watch at the Department of Education, the media’s collective hair would be on fire. This story would be national, running near-daily on A-block and with wall-to-wall coverage of any related congressional hearings, with someone hounding DeVos the entire time. Instead, Cardona has benefited from the privilege of serving in an administration with such lightning rods as Alejandro Mayorkas and Pete Buttigieg, therefore mostly escaping scrutiny.  The Regime Media have certainly earned their title. Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned interview as aired on the CBS Evening News on Monday, May 13th, 2024: NORAH O’DONNELL: Nearly two weeks after what is traditionally college decision day, many students are still unable to commit to a school. That's because of computer glitches plaguing the Education Department's newly overhauled financial aid system. CBS’s Meg Oliver has an important update. MEG OLIVER: With high school graduation just weeks away, anxiety was mounting for senior Jojo Henderson. The 18-year-old from Pittsburg, Texas couldn't commit to college without knowing his financial aid. JOJO HENDERSON: I’m frustrated, because it’s just like- you do everything that you're supposed to do and then you have to wait on the government to catch up. OLIVER: Henderson filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, almost five months ago. He finally received his financial information last week, after some college decision deadlines. Typically, the Department of Education releases the forms on October 1st, then sends the students’ data to colleges within one to three days of submission to calculate aid. This year, the application forms came out three months late. It's estimated more than a quarter of colleges have still not sent aid packages. OLIVER: Did you think of giving up? Maybe not going to college? JAELYN JAMES: Yeah, many times actually. OLIVER: Really? JAMES: Um, I was just, like- so tired of waiting. OLIVER: New Jersey high school senior Jaelyn James finally received her aid package close to the decision deadline. SARA URQUIDEZ: My biggest advice is to not give up. OLIVER: Sara Urquidez oversees counseling for thousands of public school students in the Dallas area. URQUIDEZ: Ask for extensions, ask if deposits for housing are refundable, ask for anything they possibly can to help make a decision but don't opt out at this point in the process. OLIVER: A FAFSA fiasco that's still not finished. Meg Oliver, CBS News, Wayne, New Jersey.  

The board at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted to cut funding from diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and instead divert the funds to increase public safety. If approved by the full board, the decision would move $2.3 million to help police the campus. “It’s important to consider the needs of all 30,000 students, not just the 100 or so that may want to disrupt the university’s operations,” said budget committee vice-chair Marty Kotis. “It takes away resources for others.” 'I don't think it gives a return on investment to taxpayers.' He also said that the funds needed to be funneled to police in order to provide enough security to protect students and faculty. "They do not have all the tools they need right now to keep this campus safe from a larger threat," Kotis said about the police. Protesters at UNC Chapel Hill organized an encampment and even tore down an American flag in order to demand that the college join the Israel divestment movement and end a program that allows students to study abroad in Israel. Some students were arrested, and the flag was replaced. The vote anticipates a similar vote by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to remove DEI requirements entirely from all campuses, including Chapel Hill. Trustee Dave Boliek, a former chairman of the Board of Trustees, expressed his opposition to all DEI policies. "I think that DEI is divisive. I don't think it's productive," he explained. "I don't think it gives a return on investment to taxpayers and to the institution itself." The change would apply to next year's budget and likely lead to some faculty and staff at UNC-Chapel Hill losing their jobs. Diversity, equity, and inclusion policies gained prominence as a result of the protests related to the death of George Floyd while under police custody in 2020. Corporations and educational institutions rushed to implement DEI in order to appease racial criticism and show their support for the "woke" movement. After only a year, activists began to complain that "white guilt" had run out and corporations were revoking their financial support of the movement. A report from the Los Angeles Times documented the dismissal of DEI consultants at major corporations, including Disney, Netflix, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Some Republican-led states, like Florida, have passed their own bans against DEI policies, leading to angst and outrage from people on the left. "DEI is toxic and has no place in our public universities," said Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in March. "I’m glad that Florida was the first state to eliminate DEI and I hope more states follow suit." The full board of 24 members at UNC-Chapel Hill will take up the resolution, and if it is approved, it will go into effect immediately. Here's more about the decision: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!