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The Caring Campus Initiative launched as a national effort to coach community college faculty and staff members on how to better connect with students. The pandemic forced participating campuses to foster a sense of belonging for students online.

Oakton earns ICCTA Equity and Diversity Award - Des Plaines, IL - Oakton once again received the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) Equity and Diversity Award.

Twitter Facebook In mid-March, after Boston Prep’s administration decided to close the 6–12 charter public school and move classes online because of COVID-19, Julie Duran and a team of teachers began assembling a makeshift warehouse in the school cafeteria. From it, they doled out Chromebook laptops to every student—most from low-income communities in Boston’s Hyde Park, Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan neighborhoods. That was only the start. For students who didn’t have intern...

Twin brothers struggle to adjust to college in a time of pandemic By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated December 24, 2020, 5:22 p.m. Email to a Friend Jael Rosario (right) and his twin brother, Janiel, expect things to be better in the second semester at their respective colleges.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Born a minute apart, Janiel and Jael Rosario have shared nearly everything for the past 18 years: clothes, high school friends, a love of video games, and a tendency to blast the rapper J...