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March 17, 2021
For many, the coronavirus pandemic was expected to last a few weeks, at most. Instead, after more than a year, it’s completely changed higher education in a way that will persist even after campuses have repopulated and California and the U.S. reach some form of herd immunity.
The most significant change has been to instruction and learning, with the vast majority of students and faculty in online classes. But there have been other changes, such as an intense focus on mental health and campuses becoming more flexible with how they operate.
“Higher education isn’t actually known for being nimble,” said Lande Ajose, senior policy adviser for higher education to Gov. Gavin Newsom. “But to take a system, or a set of systems or institutions, where you have an excess of 3 million students and say in the course of two to three weeks, we’ll move students to distance learning is enormous.”
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A workforce-education expert has been named chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, which is experiencing the sort of big enrollment drops that have been plaguing many of the state’s public, two-year colleges.
Carlos O. Cortez will move into the new post on July 1, succeeding Constance M. Carroll, who is retiring after serving in that post for almost 20 years.
For the record:
2:24 PM, Mar. 16, 2021An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Cortez was from Puerto Rico.
Cortez, 46, is currently president of the San Diego College of Continuing Education, a job he has held since 2015.
He will oversee a district that is composed of three for-credit schools San Diego City College, Mesa College and Miramar College as well as the continuing education college.
College and career workshops and scholarship information available
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Ojai Unified School District is providing important links and helpful information on college and vocational school applications, financial aid workshops, and scholarship opportunities.
If you have not yet attended a workshop or need help figuring out how to put your application packets together, attend this workshop! Zoom Meeting by contacting college and career counselor Briana Beebe for the Zoom link and check ParentSquare and Student Square.
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“Communication is really the backbone of leadership,” Perlas said. I want to have transparency and to make positive progress here.”
While COS classes are mainly online due to the pandemic, Perlas hopes to have more classes in person in the fall semester.
Perlas said she loves living with her husband, Matt, and two dogs in Siskiyou County. She also loves all the outdoor opportunities. Perlas can be found many weekends hitting the slopes at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park. I love the adrenaline rush, and it s a fun way to unwind, Perlas said. She began the sport in earnest when she went for her undergrad at Fresno State and had a ski resort fairly nearby.