Category: Business

5 challenges of taking college classes in the metaverse

More and more colleges are becoming “metaversities,” taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world, often called the “metaverse.” One initiative has 10 U.S. universities and colleges working with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, and virtual reality company VictoryXR to create 3D online replicas—sometimes called “digital twins“—of their campuses that are updated live […]

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Retiring baby boomers are creating a labor shortage—immigration could be the solution

Amid worries over rampant inflation and whether the U.S. may be slipping into a recession, some economists see one simple fix that could lift the economy: immigration. “The economy would benefit enormously from more immigration,” says Mark Zandi, Moody’s chief economist.  “It would alleviate labor shortages and cool inflation and interest rates.” Economic research by […]

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