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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 internet access at home, the school arranged for wireless hotspots or paid lapsed bills. It also provided ...
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 Juice WRLDâs music in their rooms. But this fall, they were ready to embark on separate adventur...