cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.COVID-19Franciscan U to Cover Full Fall Tuition Costs for Incoming, On-Campus FreshmenOhio’s Franciscan University said on Monday it will cover the remainder of tuition costs, after scholarships and grants have been applied, for the fall 2020 semester for all incoming full-time undergraduate students enrolled in its on-campus programs, considering the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. This plan is part of the private Catholic university’s COVID-19 […]April 22, 2020COVID-19DACA College Students Not Eligible For Coronavirus Aid FundsU.S. Education Department guidelines released Tuesday disallow undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) college students from receiving emergency coronavirus federal aid, reported Newsweek. The federal coronavirus stimulus package under the CARES Act allocates some $6 billion in cash grants for college and university students whose educations have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. […]April 22, 2020COVID-19Amid Pandemic, For-Profit Colleges Look to Increase EnrollmentsAs the coronavirus has shut college campuses and forced them to provide online instruction, several of the country’s largest for-profit colleges are looking to boost enrollments and targeting unemployed workers who may be thinking of going back to school, reported the Associated Press. Many of these for-profits have increased advertising and are offering discounts for […]April 21, 2020LatinxEnsure Emergency Grants to Students Aren’t Taxed: Higher Ed GroupsA host of higher education groups, including the American Council on Education, have written to congressional leaders asking them to ensure that the emergency student financial aid grants authorized by the coronavirus stimulus package, or the CARES Act, are not subject to taxation. Under the act, $6.28 billion was awarded to college and universities “to […]April 21, 2020Community CollegesSome Michigan Community Colleges See Big Declines in Summer EnrollmentsMichigan’s Washtenaw Community College and Grand Rapids Community College are seeing steep declines in summer enrollments due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported the Detroit Free Press. At the Washtenaw college, registration was down 11% on March 12 for summer classes, compared to the same time in 2019. After the school said it would go online, […]April 21, 2020COVID-19Democratic Senators Say For-Profit Colleges Shouldn’t Get Further Stimulus AidDemocratic Senators Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called on Senate leaders to ensure that for profit-colleges do not receive any more coronavirus stimulus aid in further rounds of relief legislation, reported Politico. Last month, Congress allotted more than $1 billion to for-profit colleges as part of a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, reported […]April 21, 2020COVID-19Coronavirus Stimulus Funds Disbursed to Howard and Gallaudet UniversitiesThe Department of Education said Tuesday it has disbursed coronavirus stimulus funds under the CARES Act to two Washington D.C. universities, Howard University and Gallaudet University. Under the Act, $13 million has been made available to Howard University and $7 million to Gallaudet University, as stipulated by the Act passed last month. In a statement […]April 21, 2020COVID-19$6.2 Billion From CARES Act Made Available to Colleges and UniversitiesSecretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Tuesday made available $6.2 billion earmarked for institutional support to colleges and universities under the coronavirus stimulus package called the CARES Act. Passed last month, the Act allocated $14 billion in total for higher education. This latest block of funds is in addition to the $6.28 billion DeVos released […]April 21, 2020COVID-19Calling Out Xenophobia, Racism and Intolerance During the COVID-19 CrisisWith more access to digital platforms it’s no surprise there has been a correlating rise in the number of incidents involving cyber bullying, racism, sexism and the like. With virtually all institutions online now due to COVID-19, what can we do to combat it and make the virtual world safer for students and faculty? This […]April 21, 2020OpinionDear Class of 2020, Five Messages to Frame Your Future (E-Commencement Speech)The world we assumed would welcome graduates with open arms has changed in ways we could have never imagined or adequately prepared for.April 21, 2020Previous PagePage 131 of 3226Next Page
