The Strategic Competition Act of
2021,
1 approved by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on April 21, 2021, signals continued bipartisan consensus
to orient U.S. policy towards aggressive action to counter
China. Given the broad bipartisan support in
Washington to address China s malign activities, the bill will
likely pass the Senate and House of Representatives. This bill is a
useful barometer of congressional sentiment towards China and may
guide the Biden administration s future China-related actions.
The bill recognizes that U.S. ability to effectively compete with
China requires domestic support for competitive industries and
engagement with international partners to counter Chinese influence
in international institutions and on international standards. The
Colleges Arenât Protecting Students. States Should Make Them.
In this May 20, 2020, file photo, a runner passes through an arch on the campus of Boston University, in Boston.
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The month I committed to attending Boston University, I remember reading an anonymous Facebook post about a BU student whoâd gone to a party with her friends, gotten drunk and was assaulted by a classmate â a man sheâd have to come in contact with for the rest of the semester unless she dropped the class and switched friend groups. She spoke out about her experience but faced backlash from her peers and from the university.
Barron discusses access and affordability strategies to support students
Scholarships, academic advising, food security, new housing grants and more are topics of focus during president’s presentation to Board of Trustees
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Barron discusses access and affordability strategies to support students
May 07, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State is committed to providing students with an accessible and affordable high-quality education, and the University is employing a range of creative strategies to help manage educational costs and meet students’ needs, according to Penn State President Eric Barron.
Along with discussing traditional mechanisms for lowering costs in a presentation to the Board of Trustees at its Friday (May 7) hybrid meeting, Barron highlighted non-traditional strategies from addressing housing and food insecurity to building financial literacy the University is using to help make a Penn State education more
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Benefits, problems of remote work are the main topics
Administration will make final decision on committee recommendations
Work from home? Spend a full week at the office? Or split the difference?
The Committee on the Future of Staff Work is trying to determine what role remote work can or should play for more than 5,000 of Boston University’s nonfaculty employees, as a well-vaccinated BU returns to a more normal life this fall after more than a year of historic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.
All staff will receive an email from the Office of the Provost today, Monday, May 3, announcing a brief online survey that will be available starting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 4. Faculty who supervise or engage frequently with staff will also be notified about the survey by leadership at their schools and colleges. The survey will be open for two weeks. The questions ask about the impacts of working remotely on productivity and communication during the pandemic. While some demographic q