Illustration: Rod Coddington

This week, Zoom announced it will be eliminating 15 percent of its staff. Spotify, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have all made cuts in their workforces in the past month. Amazon and Google are also expected to hire fewer interns in 2023 than in past years.

It is being called the largest wave of tech layoffs since the dot-com crash in the early 2000s, and it’s creating headaches for colleges’ career-counseling offices and soon-to-be-graduates who flocked to majors that once promised plentiful jobs.

Photo: Carolyn Van Houten

People incarcerated for nonviolent offenses in Colorado could soon earn time off their sentence if they get a college degree or credential.

Supporters of House Bill 1037 say it will help incarcerated Coloradans find new opportunities and make it less likely they reoffend after release while also saving the state money. The bill would also provide incentives to state prisoners to take advantage of federal grants available to them starting this summer.

The U.S. Department of Education may miss its October deadline for launching the redesigned Free Application for Federal Student Aid, raising the ire of advocates who say a delay could be detrimental to students from lower-income households.

“A FAFSA delay is a step backward for students and families,” says Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.