State Board of Higher Education subcommittee approves strategic plan changes, hears wine update
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DSU offers in-state tuition rates to 20 states and Canadian provinces
Dickinson State University’s innovative education has become more affordable for students through a tuition program approved by the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education during a meeting held Thursday, May 27, 2021. The program details a “New North Dakotan” undergraduate tuition rate for students in 21 states and Canadian provinces. Written By: James Miller | ×
Dickinson State University in Dickinson, ND. (Dickinson Press file photo)
The State Board of Higher Education reviewed its strategic planning process during its annual meeting this week, making post-pandemic adjustments to the plan and how the North Dakota University System would move forward.
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Montgomery: Tourist spending in the state dropped 20% last year at the height of pandemic lockdowns and business closings, but Alabama fared better than most during the coronavirus crisis, state tourism officials said. A statement from the Alabama Tourism Department said a travel consulting firm found a nationwide decline of 42% in travel expenditures, but the state’s decrease wasn’t as bad because spending was robust in Baldwin County, where the beach towns of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are located. State beaches, historically Alabama’s top tourist draw, were shut down early in the pandemic but reopened as the summer travel season was beginning. “Baldwin County’s success is all the more remarkable when you factor in that the beaches were closed for six we
North Dakota universities don’t plan on requiring COVID-19 vaccine
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BISMARCK Universities in North Dakota have required students to get certain vaccines, but the COVID-19 vaccine will not be one of them.
Across the nation universities are facing similar dilemmas, with responses ranging from requiring students to receive the vaccine to making it a recommendation.
Jerry Rostad, vice chancellor for the North Dakota University System, said they are doing everything they can to encourage students and staff to get vaccinated.
“When you look at what the Centers for Disease Control and our public health officials are saying, vaccinations are important in developing herd immunity in the fight against COVID-19,” he said.
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