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10 September 2020
Norwalk, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Community college administrations across the U.S. are helping students continue their education during the pandemic by helping them address basic needs. Cerritos College in Nowalk, California has given away 300 free l...
New Haven Independent
Maya McFadden
10 September 2020
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Gateway Community College, in New Haven Connecticut, is adapting a class that's pretty difficult to take online—automotive repair. Although 90 to 92% of the college's classes continue remotely, the automotive repair c...
4 September 2020
New Jersey, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
In order to supplement the limited on-campus housing due to pandemic restrictions, East-Coast universities are opting to rent out floors at hotels for students to stay in. The situation is beneficial not only to colle...
29 August 2020
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Under 800 Words
Amongst other efforts, the University of Arizona has begun analyzing sewage to mitigate the spread of coronavirus as students return to campus for the new school year. The practice is known as wastewater-based epidemi...
27 July 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
University-based food pantries around the U.S. had to quickly rethink the ways they could continue to provide students with access to food during the pandemic, despite students not having the same campus access as bef...
23 July 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
Universities are a source of innovative economic activity for neighboring towns and cities. The entrepreneurial activity spurred by academic programs and the effect a large student body has on a college town's main st...
Science/AAAS
Elizabeth Pennisi
15 July 2020
New Hampshire, United States
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Under 800 Words
Due to the pandemic, university professors teaching field and lab work courses are rethinking ways to provide what was formerly a strictly in-person, hands-on experience. In New Hampshire staff at a marine laboratory ...
13 July 2020
Pakistan
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1500-3000 Words
The Pakistani government uses technology, like a state-owned TV channel that broadcasts content for grades 1-12 and apps sourced for free by ed-tech companies, to help the over 50 million school children without broad...
6 July 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
Students at colleges across the U.S. are taking to social media to confront racism and biases at their campuses. Over 40 "Black at" Instagram accounts were launched in June on which students share their personal stori...
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Veronika Folentova
22 June 2020
Levoca, Presov, Slovakia
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Romani Education Fund in Slovakia is helping children from the Roma community, which has a history of social and economic disadvantages as well as being subject to ethnic discrimination, overcome challenges to fin...
17 June 2020
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Geology professors at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire have found ways to overcome the challenges of remote learning and delivered their students a new, and all-around more accessible, virtual class experience. The ...
18 May 2020
United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Colleges across the nation suspended in-person classes due to the coronavirus, but it also meant suspending campus life—a classic staple of the American college experience. Students innovated by creating their own ver...
15 May 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In Arizona, several schools are flipping the traditional format of school on its head; at home, students watch recorded lessons and then, during the day in the classroom, they work through homework. Advocates believe ...
7 May 2020
California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
During COVID-19, community college foundations in California are stepping up to support their undocumented students who haven't benefited from stimulus payments under the CARES Act, providing direct payments as well a...
29 April 2020
Tennessee, United States
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800-1500 Words
Tennessee Reconnect, which started as a small-scale "mentorship and financial support program", has now been adopted and expanded throughout the state as a way to help adults start or continue higher education. Now in...
28 April 2020
United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
When universities suspended in-person classes, this also included canceling campus tours for prospective and recently accepted students. So, they did the next best thing—they resorted to recreate as much of that physi...
Manchester Ink Link
Sheryl Rich-Kern
26 April 2020
New Hampshire, United States
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1500-3000 Words
When schools had to shut down in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, community colleges across New Hampshire found ways to accommodate and aid their students through the pandemic. Lakes Region Community Co...
Glendale News-Press
Vera Castaneda
9 April 2020
Glendale, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
California’s Glendale Community College normally operates a food pantry, called Food for Thought Pantry, for its students. Forced to close to slow the spread of COVID-19, it partnered with the Los Angeles Food Bank an...
7 April 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
When the pandemic disrupted in-person classes and campus operations, questions arose regarding grades and some students at different colleges proposed the option of receiving pass/fail credit in lieu of letter grades—...
3 April 2020
Santa Monica, California, United States
Radio
Under 3 Minutes
In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, California community college, Santa Monica College, organized a pop-up, drive-thru food giveaway for its students. The resources were funded with help from the Santa Monica Colleg...
3 April 2020
Berkeley, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Mutual aid programs that connect those in need with funds or assistance have launched across the nation as a means for many to navigate the closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. For university students, these d...
23 March 2020
Berea, Kentucky, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As colleges and universities across the United States have shifted to online classes and shut down their campuses, not every student simply has the ability to move home. To help support these students, many of whom ar...
23 March 2020
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Medical students have found creative ways to pitch in during the Coronavirus pandemic when they are not yet certified to work with patients. Students across the country are organizing to help out by doing things like ...
17 March 2020
Berkeley, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The coronavirus pandemic has caused universities to close campuses and forced classes to transition to virtual formats. While this transition has had its limitations for many – especially those who lack reliable acces...
The Atlantic
Andrew Ferguson
5 March 2020
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Since 2013, Purdue University has frozen its annual tuition at $9,992, a stark contrast to the trend of ballooning costs at most U.S. institutions of higher education. The president has focused on savings generated fr...
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