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Pandemic Creates Questions About the Future of Part-Time Instructors

By Jason GonzalesOctober 23, 2020October 26, 2020

Cuts to part-time positions could mean fewer course offerings and larger class sizes. If cuts extend to full-time faculty positions, students will feel the impact.

Posted inColorado

To Combat COVID, Fort Lewis College Embraces Navajo Principle of Kinship

By Jason GonzalesOctober 9, 2020

The 3,300-student college so far has had 24 cases among students, faculty, and staff this fall.

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Posted inColorado

Why Colorado Students Are Still Taking the SAT, Even Though It’s Now Voluntary

By Jason GonzalesOctober 2, 2020October 5, 2020

Students in Colorado still see the college-entrance SAT exam as helping their admission chances at colleges that don’t require the tests.

Posted inColorado

Will the U. of Colorado’s Two-Week Pause Be Enough?

By Jason GonzalesSeptember 21, 2020September 22, 2020

Short quarantines can slow the spread of Covid and allow a return to in-person learning. But the pause is also disruptive and may not work.

Posted inColorado

Facing Economic and Family Stress, Fewer Colorado Students are Enrolling in Community College

By Jason GonzalesSeptember 17, 2020September 18, 2020

The roughly 9 percent drop in enrollment highlights the brutal situation that COVID has created and decisions thousands of students face.

Posted inColorado

Colorado College’s Move to Remote Learning Highlights the Risks of Opening Campuses

By Jason GonzalesSeptember 3, 2020September 4, 2020

Now the college faces the challenge of preventing its students from acting as coronavirus vectors as they leave.

Posted inColorado

For Students Opting Out of College This Fall, It Is a Dream Deferred

By Jason GonzalesSeptember 1, 2020September 2, 2020

Minority and lower-income students in Colorado putting off college because of COVID-19 pressures may risk never earning a degree.

Posted inColorado

‘A Breath of Fresh Air’: Regis University Takes Classrooms Outdoors

By Jason GonzalesAugust 26, 2020August 27, 2020

Regis leaders hope that meeting outside will both safeguard students and teachers and also restore a more normal college experience.

Posted inColorado

With In-Person Start, Colorado Colleges Hope to Avoid a Return to Remote Learning

By Jason GonzalesAugust 21, 2020August 24, 2020

Will Colorado colleges that plan to reopen campuses learn from coronavirus outbreaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michigan State University, and Notre Dame?

Posted inColorado

Colorado Hopes a Funding Formula Will Make a Difference for Students. It Might Not Be Easy.

By Jason GonzalesAugust 11, 2020August 13, 2020

The state wants to encourage its public colleges to better serve disadvantaged students through its new approach to allocating aid.

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