DC Shuttle … Hearings & Markups of Interest The U.S. House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a heading on Students Experiencing Homelessness and Children in… Read more »
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Biden Budget Would Increase Maximum Pell Award by $400; Give Pell Access to DACA Students
DC Shuttle … Hearings/Markups of Interest. The House Committee on Appropriations will hold a hearing on Increasing Investments in Community Colleges on Tuesday, April 20 at 10 a.m. The House… Read more »
Teaching the Active-Shooter Generation
I’ve been teaching political science for about a decade now. I teach students about the international system, the functioning of government, foreign policy, national security. My teaching is based on… Read more »
“See” You There?
A few upcoming free events of interest … virtually speaking … Teale Lecture Series of the University of Connecticut: Dr. Robert Bullard, The Quest For Environmental and Climate Justice Thursday,… Read more »
Remote Courses Do Not Make an Online College
Remote learning was a key component of college strategies for addressing the COVID-19 crisis across the country. More than 1,100 colleges went entirely remote by March 2020, according to the… Read more »
Biden Administration Unveils Plans, Funds to Help Schools Reopen
DC Shuttle … Administration Holds National Safe School Reopening Summit. The Biden administration and the U.S. Education Department held a National Safe School Reopening Summit, with remarks from President Joe… Read more »
This Session, New England Legislators Made the Sausage in the Shadow of COVID
New England’s state lawmakers in 2020 sessions focused almost exclusively to COVID-19-related legislation and state budget concerns. In 2021, COVID-19-related legislation continues to be a major focus, but other issues… Read more »
Mitigating COVID-19-Induced Learning Loss Along the P-16 Education Continuum
5 takeaways from NEBHE’s Legislative Advisory Committee meeting … At its peak, the COVID-19 pandemic forced 55 million American children temporarily out of school. While many education systems have attempted… Read more »
Racial “Reckoning” (Via Zoom)
Even in this time when people presume to be having a “racial reckoning,” signs of enduring racial inequity pop up everywhere. From nagging disparities in health—Black, Indigenous and People of… Read more »
Tuition Break Enrollment Increased at 40% of Institutions in Fall 2020 Despite Challenging Year
The 2020-21 academic year was a year like no other as a pandemic caused unprecedented disruptions on college campuses. New England colleges and universities responded with agility as they worked… Read more »