Karen Gross is an author, educator and advisor on diverse issues along the educational pipeline. Her current research focuses on student success and the impact of trauma on learning, psychosocial…
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Ms. Gross Goes Back to Washington
Comings and Goings … Southern Vermont College (SVC) President Karen Gross announced that she will step down in October after eight years as president of the Bennington, Vt. college, to… Read more »
The Disease is Poverty, says SVC President Gross on Educating “First-Gens”
Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross, a NEBHE delegate, wrote the following comment to National Journal’s recent Next America forum on educating first-generation college students: Paying attention to improving the… Read more »
Ms. Gross Goes to Washington
Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross was named a senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Education for one year, starting Jan. 17. SVC trustees granted Gross a one-year… Read more »
Why I Have Hope for the Future of Higher Ed
It would not be the least bit unusual to feel pessimistic about education in general and higher education in particular. Enrollments have been declining at many institutions across the education… Read more »
Trauma, the COVID-19 Pandemic and Immigration
How these forces intersect at a community hospital focused on the underserved … A year into the global pandemic, we are grappling with the scale of its impact and the… Read more »
Where Have All the Role Models Gone?
Sadly, the number of COVID-19 cases across the globe is rising. And while vaccines are in the offing, we may have many weeks between now and their availability, time in… Read more »
Can Online Learning Be Trauma-Responsive?
With the growing number of colleges moving to online learning, I have been asked: Can online learning incorporate trauma-responsive strategies? The short answer is yes. Before turning to specific pedagogical… Read more »
For Some Small Colleges, the Pandemic Could Sadly Be Their Savior
Pre-pandemic, a good number of us lamented the demise of small colleges. Let’s define these here as non-elite colleges with enrollment of fewer than 1,500 full-time undergraduate students. For the… Read more »
How To Bring Back Higher Education This Fall: A Guide for 2020 Reopeners
Whether and how campuses will reopen in fall 2020 has emerged as the key story in higher education. On Wednesday, Trump administration officials spoke via teleconference with higher education leaders…