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The rate of first-time Colorado college students returning to their school for a second year bumped up last fall – getting closer to pre-pandemic levels.
/ Colleges are keenly focused not just on who is coming in the door but who’s staying. As the pandemic picked up steam, officials at Fort Lewis College in Durango asked this question: “How do we express to our students that we care about them in this time of great distress?” asked provost and vice president for academic affairs Cheryl Nixon. Nearly half of the students at the college are Native American, a community that has been hit very hard by COVID-19. Drawing upon guidance from students, the university began talking about Native American concepts such as creating a “community of ...
CPR News Flags fly at Denver’s Auraria Campus representing CU Denver, Metropolitan State, and Community College of Denver, May 20, 2020. CPR As the pandemic picked up steam, officials at Fort Lewis College in Durango asked this question: “How do we express to our students that we care about them in this time of great distress?” asked provost and vice president for academic affairs Cheryl Nixon. Nearly half of the students at the college are Native American, a community that has been hit very hard by COVID-19. Drawing upon guidance from students, the university began talking about Native...