Questions surround U.S. Department of Education’s Reimagining Workforce Preparation grants
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The U.S. Department of Education also is planning to distribute $127.5 million as part of its Reimagining Workforce Preparation grant program. But the department so far has released scant information about what sort of programs the grants should be used to fund, and through what sort of institutions.
Read More about Questions surround U.S. Department of Education’s Reimagining Workforce Preparation grantsHouse Democrats propose bill to aid to state governments and colleges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As Inside Higher Ed first reported, the proposal also includes money for colleges and universities. The bill features $37 billion, including $27 billion from a $90 billion state fiscal stabilization, in a fund that would also support K-12 education.
Read More about House Democrats propose bill to aid to state governments and collegesU.S. Senator Alexander says current COVID-19 testing remains inadequate for reopening large colleges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Senator Lamar Alexander, the Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate’s education committee, on Sunday praised coronavirus testing in the U.S., citing Johns Hopkins University research that eight million tests have conducted, more per capita even than South Korea.
Read More about U.S. Senator Alexander says current COVID-19 testing remains inadequate for reopening large collegesCalifornia State University system plans for most classes to be online this fall
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The California State University system is planning for the worst. The system’s chancellor announced Tuesday in a virtual meeting with trustees that the university is moving ahead with a “virtual planning framework.” Effectively, that means most courses in the fall are likely to be online.
Read More about California State University system plans for most classes to be online this fallUpdated list of college budget and staff announcements
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in early May provided us with a first glimpse of the carnage the virus has wrought on workers who draw paychecks from American colleges. The bureau, part of the Labor Department, estimated that 19,200 fewer workers were employed by colleges and universities in March…
Read More about Updated list of college budget and staff announcementsGraduate programs face lower enrollment and revenue
THE HECHINGER REPORT — The lion’s share of the decline? A drop in the number of international engineering students deciding to come to southern California, said Susamma Barua, the college’s dean.
Read More about Graduate programs face lower enrollment and revenueA look at virtual student internships
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Employers themselves and new facilitators are stepping up to create alternative virtual internships, in some cases working closely with colleges to ensure academic credit. That much is not a surprise to me.
Read More about A look at virtual student internshipsSurvey: Colleges expect decline in international enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Eighty-eight percent of colleges expect declines in international student enrollments this fall, according to new survey results from the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit organization that collects data on international enrollments and study abroad participation. Seventy percent of responding college officials anticipate that some international students will not be able to come to…
Read More about Survey: Colleges expect decline in international enrollmentSome students concerned about returning to campuses this fall
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The Chronicle is tracking colleges’ reopening plans, and about 73 percent of institutions in our sample say they plan a face-to-face fall semester. Several leaders have made rather confident statements. Their employees and students seem less sure about a homecoming anytime soon.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Grit and resilience have become especially salient ideas as colleges try to respond to students’ mental-health troubles, which were already skyrocketing before the pandemic. In some ways, the Covid-19 era seems like exactly the right time to educate students on how to manage the intense sadness, isolation, and anxiety they…
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