This program prepares the student for an entry-level position in the help of knowledge methods and technology services in a enterprise setting. Students will learn technical expertise in networking, spreadsheet & database programming, Web instruments, and information technology safety. Students will have the chance to learn software program software assist, […]
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Govt Order On Supporting The Reopening And Persevering With Operation Of Colleges And Early Childhood Education Providers
More Americans now say the likelihood that college students will fall behind academically without in-person instruction ought to be given plenty of consideration. Interactive maps make learning come alive in mainstream topics Education & Science—like environmental science, math, historical past, and literature—and beyond. Featured Resources See a choice of free […]
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LI community colleges see marked declines in enrollment
Nassau and Suffolk community colleges have seen a vastly greater downturn in enrollment than local four-year colleges over the past year, compounding a decade of losses in their attendance, school officials said. The enrollment losses have been straining these schools’ finances, thwarting people’s ability to reach their chosen career, and […]
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Despite Pandemic Surge, More In-Person Classes For Colleges’ Spring Semesters : NPR
Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College — a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She’s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico. Back then, she wasn’t sure […]
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High school seniors are choosing colleges sight unseen
Ella Stanley of Cape Elizabeth applied to and was accepted at Wellesley College, near Boston, but has not been able to tour the campus. Photo by Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer While trying to make one of the biggest decisions of her young life – picking a college where she’ll spend the […]
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Wilberforce ranks among colleges with best healthcare administration programs in the nation
The university is one of four colleges in Ohio to make the list, which is compiled by University Headquarters, a student resource guide. Wilberforce is listed ahead of such schools as Tulane University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas “This ranking recognizes the hard work and commitment of our […]
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Colleges share lessons learned about the coronavirus pandemic during the fall semester
“What’s utterly clear is that we have no evidence of transmission inside the classroom,” said Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University, which invited all students to its Nashville campus and provided a large share of classes face to face. He said dormitories at the 13,000-student school also weathered the challenge. […]
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Colleges Say They Don’t Need Exam Surveillance Tools to Stop Cheating
Sam Wasson | Getty Images University of Illinois engineering professor Matt West’s “Introductory Dynamics” course can have as many as 600 students enrolled in a single semester. Adequately assessing each one’s mastery of the material in a course that size is a challenging enough task in normal times, but it’s […]
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Why Did Colleges Reopen During the Pandemic?
American colleges botched the pandemic from the very start. Caught off guard in the spring, most of them sent everyone home in a panic, in some cases evicting students who had nowhere else to go. School leaders hemmed and hawed all summer about what to do next and how to […]
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Colleges cope with extra obstacles as they support first-generation students through pandemic | Tri-state News
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The first day of college started with a bad internet connection for Hannah Pfeffer. She attempted to log into her virtual classroom using video chat, but without success. Were it not for a coronavirus pandemic, that would not have been a problem, but safety protocols precluded a […]
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Colleges revamp admissions, campus tours, amid pandemic
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – At Roanoke College, fall usually means college tours are in full swing, prospective students and parents clustering around a tour guide. This year, things look a little different, by design. “What’s really exploded are the virtual visit opportunities,” said Roanoke College’s Vice President for Enrollment Brenda […]
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Colleges using COVID dorms, quarantines to keep virus at bay
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — With the coronavirus spreading through colleges at alarming rates, universities are scrambling to find quarantine locations in dormitory buildings and off-campus properties to isolate the thousands of students who have caught COVID-19 or been exposed to it. Sacred Heart University has converted a 34-room guest house […]
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24 Ohio Colleges Make Money’s 2020-21 ‘Best’ List
COLUMBUS, OH — More than six months into the new coronavirus pandemic, colleges are struggling to resume in-person classes and, in some cases, reverting back to online courses only days into the new semester. Such challenges raise a question: Is a college degree today worth the actual cost? Enter Money […]
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Colleges are trying to track students to contain COVID-19 cases. Students are pushing back.
DETROIT — Special police patrols in student-heavy neighborhoods. Smartphone apps monitoring location inside a bubble. Daily check-in forms. As hundreds of thousands of students arrive back on campuses across the country, college and university administrators are greeting them with a variety of methods to monitor behavior and discourage large gatherings, all in […]
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Colleges navigate the uncertain world of a pandemic, as students and faculty fear for their safety
The University of Notre Dame had a plan it thought would allow it to safely welcome students back to campus during the pandemic. But then everything went south; tests were nowhere near as available as planned, and the positivity rate climbed as the first week of classes, starting Aug. 10, […]
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Student Loan Debt Should Be Canceled. Until Then, Here Are The States & Colleges With The Lowest Student Debt
Student debt is one of the many national crises we’re facing in 2020. Collectively, we owe almost $1.7 trillion now. The vast majority of this debt is for federal student loans; only 7.7% are private loans. All the while, college keeps getting more expensive. For the 2019-2020 academic year, average […]
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Colleges are increasingly going online for fall 2020 semester as COVID-19 cases rise
Call it coronavirus déjà vu. After planning ways to reopen campuses this fall, colleges are increasingly changing their minds, dramatically increasing online offerings or canceling in-person classes outright. This sudden shift will be familiar to students whose spring plans were interrupted by the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Now, COVID-19 […]