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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Biden orders more guidance on college reopening decisions, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 hours, 34 minutes ago
President Biden signed an executive order Thursday directing the secretary of education to provide, in consultation with the secretary of health and human services, “evidence-based guidance to institutions of h […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Biden takes action on immigration on day one, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 day, 4 hours ago
President Biden on his first day in office Wednesday proposed an immigration bill that features a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and makes Dreamers — young undocumented immigrants who were […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, New research brief looks at how pandemic has upset the status quo for placement tests, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 days, 4 hours ago
The pandemic has spurred more community colleges to experiment with additional measures for determining placement into college-level math and English courses other than a single standardized placement test score, […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, New research brief looks at how pandemic has upset the status quo for placement tests, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 days, 4 hours ago
The pandemic has spurred more community colleges to experiment with additional measures for determining placement into college-level math and English courses other than a single standardized placement test score, […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Petition calls on Stanford to reverse cuts to Cantonese language program, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 days, 4 hours ago
More than 3,200 people have signed a petition opposing Stanford University’s decision to terminate the contract of the university’s only lecturer in Cantonese. The petition argues that Stanford should instead mak […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Mellon Foundation grants $72 million to humanities projects focused on issues of racial justice, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 1 day ago
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on Wednesday announced about $72 million in total grants for 16 different humanities-based projects focused on issues of racial justice.
The “Just Futures” grants of up to $5 m […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, International students accuse Western Iowa Tech Community College of forced labor, trafficking scheme, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 2 days ago
A group of students from Brazil and Chile sued Western Iowa Tech Community College in federal district court this week alleging that the college coerced them to work in food processing and packaging jobs under […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, First faculty and staff outside health-care fields become eligible for COVID vaccines, but prioritization plans vary by state, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 2 days ago
Public colleges in West Virginia and Florida are among the first in the country to begin administering the coveted COVID-19 vaccines to certain faculty and staff who do not work in health care.
The University […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, MacKenzie Scott surprises HBCUs, tribal colleges and community colleges with multimillion-dollar gifts, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 4 days ago
It started with a brief, nondescript email saying there was a donor interested in supporting the work the Borough of Manhattan Community College was doing. The emailer, who did not identify the donor, asked if […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, At the conclusion of the fall semester, some colleges say their COVID containment strategies worked, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month ago
Sewanee: The University of the South finished the in-person portion of the fall semester with 16 positive cases among students.
The liberal arts college in Tennessee credits its relatively low case numbers to […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Former Calvin University professor denied tenure and terminated alleges racial discrimination and retaliation, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
When Nalova Westbrook interviewed for an assistant professorship in the education department at Calvin University, she says her then-future colleagues referenced a former professor who was no longer at […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Biden CDC appointee advocates frequent campus testing, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an advocate for frequent, mass COVID-19 testing of college students.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious di […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, After students propose racial justice club, some professors deem it divisive, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
A student proposal to create a club focused on racial justice at the University of Dallas ran into opposition when some students and faculty members raised concerns that discussions of race on the conservative […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Workers and student groups across Jesuit colleges form alliance to protest cuts to people and programs, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 3 weeks ago
An alliance of faculty, staff and graduate student unions; American Association of University Professor chapters; and student organizations has come together to support a new petition opposing “the rash of a […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, College president faces criticism for how he communicated a professor's death from COVID, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Faculty are criticizing what they describe as the callous way Collin College’s president announced the passing of a faculty member who died from COVID-19 after being exposed while teaching.
The fact that a p […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, COVID-19 roundup: Livingstone college student dies, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months ago
A student at Livingstone College died Thursday due to complications of COVID-19. Jamesha Waddell was a 23-year-old senior at Livingstone, a historically Black Christian college in North Carolina.
According to an […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Study abroad looks to remain limited this spring, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months ago
Study abroad options for American students look likely to be limited next spring, as many professionals in the field do not anticipate a return to normal programming until next summer or fall at the earliest.
The […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Duke study highlights importance of broad asymptomatic testing, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months ago
A new study on Duke University’s coronavirus testing and surveillance strategy published Tuesday in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlights the imp […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Survey: Many Americans feel powerless over ability to advance professionally, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months ago
More than half — 52 percent — of Americans say it is difficult for them to get a good job or that their opportunities to advance at work are limited, according to new survey data from the Strada Education […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Survey: New international enrollments drop by 43 percent this fall, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 1 week ago
The total number of international students studying at U.S. universities, whether from within the U.S. or online from abroad, decreased by 16 percent this fall, while enrollments of new international students […]
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