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Higher ed leaders discuss keeping students safe as COVID-19 surges
As omicron cases surge throughout college campuses, higher education leaders grappled with ways to keep students safe, including implementing vaccine mandates, during the Hunt Institute’s Jan. 13 webinar titled “Postsecondary Pathways: Vaccine mandates – Will they stick?” Panelists Dr. Chelsea...
The construction of a Yancey County carpentry program
Mountain Heritage High School (MHHS) — the only public high school in Yancey County — sits atop a hill. Around the softball field, away from the main office, at the back of the school grounds is the Michael D. Orr...
Perspective | Divergent education agendas reflect divisive politics
In its most recent sweeping attempt to describe American political coalitions, the Pew Research Center opens with a simple, blunt observation: “Partisan polarization remains the dominant, seemingly unalterable condition of American politics. Republicans and Democrats agree on very little —...
The Editor’s Notes
Our superintendent of playlists has updated our “weekly reckoning” on Spotify, and the playlist now has more than 100 songs to encourage us, as he says, to breathe, reflect, and dedicate. From “Mushaboom” to “Hazy Shade of Winter,” check it out.
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Biden-Harris Administration Takes Actions to Support Students’ Basic Needs and Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 at Colleges and Universities
U.S. Department of Education announced more resources for students and institutions to help reduce barriers to success in higher education, particularly those created and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the rest
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NEW REPORT | Dual Enrollment: Common Issues Across SREB States
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America has failed to learn from the safe opening of classrooms abroad
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