Blanco Public Policy Center at UL Lafayette examines economics of child care
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Early care and education is the focus of the most recent public policy brief from the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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The Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette examines the economics of early care and education in its most recent public policy brief.
âBlanco Center Policy Briefsâ provide high-level summaries of issues relevant to policy makers and voters in Louisiana.
UL Lafayette military, veteran graduates receive cords during ceremony
UL Lafayette graduating military, veterans receive cords during ceremony 04/21/2021
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Graduating military and veteran students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette received their veterans cords during a ceremony held Wednesday.
The Eighth Semi-Annual ceremony took place at the Alumni Center Courtyard to recognize both active duty and veteran students. Those students receive special cords as a small token of appreciation for their service to the nation and to the university.
Hosted by UL Lafayette Veteran Services with the support of Student Support Services for Veterans, the ceremony was started in Fall 2017 by Director of Veteran Services Sammi Conner. Ceremonies take place each semester to recognize veteran and military graduates.
After announcing this week that they will not require students to get COVID-19 vaccines, the presidents of LSU and the University of Louisiana systems said Wednesday that they are reviewing how to accommodate faculty members who feel they might be at risk in returning to in-person classes this fall.
Dr. Jim Henderson, president of the UL system, said the nine universities in his system will assess requests by faculty members to teach online on a case-by-case basis assuming that the vaccines are as effective as expected and depending on public health conditions at the time.
Henderson said administrators will consider age, medical conditions and family health concerns, along with the latest public health guidance, in making the decisions.
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The costs for online classes have been a continuous concern for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette students, especially after the transition to online learning due to COVID-19.
According to Dr. DeWayne Bowie, the Vice President for Enrollment Management, most financial confusions about extra charges came about when certain online certified teachers that held their class in-person prior to COVID-19 had to switch to online learning, which then led to students seeing an unexpected fee.Â
Some certified teachers, before COVID-19, had the option to teach some of their sections in-person and some online. However, some of those instructors moved their in-person classes to strictly online classes because of COVID-19, therefore, students ended up having to pay the online fee since the instructor was certified and using unique online digital learning advancements.Â