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Major Supreme Court opinions set to be released: DACA, Trump’s taxes, gay rights, abortionNBC NewsDue to the coronavirus, the potentially landmark rulings will be posted online, not distributed at the court, which is closed. Eastern…
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AACC/ACCT hope to see training funding in HEROES ActNew ED guidance on regs and reporting requirementsAdmin salary reductions part of Ohio college’s budget-cutting planCovering colleges’ nursing test feesNew baccalaureate programs in Wyoming AACC/ACCT hope to…
Flattening the online learning curve
When strolling the neighborhood near her home in Bend, Oregon, Jennifer McCabe often pauses to examine plants and trees in fine detail – the delicate, pale-blue flower of a maiden blue-eyed Mary, the saw-toothed leaf…
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How Betsy DeVos’s handling of relief funds hurt some of the country’s neediest schools, studentsWashington PostThe U.S. Education Department is disseminating money in the $1 billion pot of funding “very broadly so the impact is…
Assess, plan, re-assess, plan again. Repeat.
There is no Pandemic 101 course or a chapter in any leadership textbook on how to plan for unprecedented crises. But community college leaders have tapped their professional and personal experiences as they forge ahead…
Student parents underserved
Colleges need to do more for students who are parents, Generation Hope says in a new report. According to a survey conducted by the community-based nonprofit focused on college completion and early childhood success, one…
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How community colleges solve remote learning challengesEdTech Magazine: Focus on Higher EducationIn addition to technology inequities, students may also be balancing coursework with jobs and caregiving responsibilities — an ordeal complicated further by social distancing…
VFA: A toolbox for student success
Monitoring “key performance indicators” (KPI) — such as students passing math and English their first term, earning at least six credits in that first term and 24 credits over the first year, and continuing to…
Addressing mental health issues during the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is having a profound impact on college students, especially community college students, who are wrestling with uncertainty over school, work and family life, including food and housing insecurities, a psychologist working in…
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As universities tighten budgets during the coronavirus, what will happen to diversity initiatives?Diverse Issues in Higher EducationThe pandemic will set back diversity efforts – but the real question is how much, says Walter Bumphus, president…