But with this infusion of federal funding, we now have a challenge ahead of us. Institutions face the daunting task of disbursing those billions of dollars in ways that can actually help the millions of students still reeling from a year racked by financial, academic and personal challenges.
Here are three ways emergency aid can be leveraged to make the greatest impact.
Address basic needs. Research shows that between 11 and 45 percent of college students are unable to afford enough food to stay healthy. As the pandemic has raged on, food insecurity has only grown, with an estimated one in six Americans going hungry. Likewise, students are struggling to pay rent.
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UNIONS MOBILIZE TO PRESSURE SENATORS ON PRO ACT: The AFL-CIO is leading a national day of action today, with more than 200 other unions, affiliates and allies urging senators to back the House-passed labor overhaul known as the PRO Act. The sweeping legislation would make it easier for workers to form unions and extend collective bargaining rights to independent contractors, and President
UK government follows US with ban on unconscious bias training
By Adam Branson on 16/12/2020
One of the purposes of unconscious bias training is to increase diversity. Credit: Gilberto A. Viciedo/Flickr/cc2.0
The UK government is phasing out unconscious bias training for civil servants and encouraging all public sector bodies to follow suit, in a move that echoes a similar decision by the Trump administration little more than two months ago.
In a written statement, Cabinet Office minister Julia Lopez said that the government had concluded that such training, which it was hoped would increase the diversity of the civil service, had been found to be ineffective and possibly counterproductive.
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Brian Bishop, CEO of Gold Heat, the gold standard in electric radiant floor heat mats, has been invited to join Portland Business Journal Leadership Trust, an exclusive community for influential business leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs in Portland, Oregon. Portland, OR, December 10, 2020 (PR.com) The Portland Business Journal Leadership Trust is a part of the Business Journals Leadership Trust – a collective of an invitation-only network of influential business leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs within the Portland, OR business community. Membership is based on an application and selection committee review.