Several colleges have stopped distributing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after the CDC paused use of the drug after reports of blood clots. Schools that are using the Pfizer vaccine are continuing their efforts to get as many students vaccinated for fall as mandated by an increasing number of schools.
Dickinson College in Pennsylvania is reflecting on its history with slavery and race as part of a walking tour of campus, part of its Dickinson and Slavery campaign. The effort, which grew out of a course on slavery, will include a three-week seminar for low-income high-school seniors and teacher training workshops.
Grants are very competitive, so thinking about what the judges expect to see before you submit your proposal is critical to success. To start with, read information about the organization itself to get a sense of what is important to them. Check previous grants they've funded to see how close your idea is to other proposals they've liked in the past. And look for any criteria or list of scoring rubrics that they use.
An app from startup Edquity is designed to smooth and speed the process by which emergency financial grants are awarded to college students. The app uses an algorithm to prioritize students for aid, and students are then notified within 24 hours if their request was approved, but participating colleges do not control the algorithm.
The frequent technological advances of the digital age mean humans will not be needed as much for manual tasks and skill sets must evolve rapidly -- leading to ongoing education to allow for several job shifts over time, Roger James Hamilton, founder and CEO of Genius Group, writes in this commentary. He pinpoints needs for ongoing development in global citizenship skills, innovation/creativity skills, accessible/inclusive learning and more.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is shifting the job landscape to create unexpected fusions, leaving higher education in a position to capitalize on ever-changing curriculum and credentials, Ray Schroeder, a senior fellow at UPCEA, writes in this commentary. But higher ed's typical slow rollout won't work this time around, Schroeder asserts, pointing to the need for staying on top of artificial intelligence and other technology, partnering with businesses and constant reassessments -- as well as adopting best practices for creating and documenting credentialing.
The Calgary Board of Education is dismantling its online hub that connected at-home learners with their home schools during the pandemic, but hundreds of respondents in a recent survey said they plan to continue full-time with the CBe-learn program next year, even without the hub. More than 1,000 other families say they may choose to stay online.
Intermountain Healthcare and the University of Utah School of Medicine are partners in a program to train new physicians in population health and how to address patients' social determinants of health. Intermountain pledged to invest $50 million in the University of Utah Intermountain Healthcare Population Health Student Scholars Program, which also is designed to address a shortage of physicians in the state.
Grand Valley State University in Michigan is partnering with historically Black colleges and universities, including Fort Valley State University in Georgia, to create a more diverse student body and workforce. Under the plan, Fort Valley STEM students can earn a master's degree in engineering or computer science at the Michigan school.
An additional 718 students have been locked out of nonresidential campus buildings at the University of Michigan after failing to get a COVID-19 test within the previous four weeks. The school locked out 375 students in March for the same reason.