Cal Matters Kristen Hwang August 26, 2021 IN SUMMARY COVID-19 burnout is driving many nurses to quit, and hospital administrators say the state’s new vaccine mandate is compounding the shortage, too. In the past month, four emergency room nurses — exhausted by the onslaught of patients and emotional turmoil wrought by COVID-19 — have quit […]
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Inside Higher Ed Stephen J. Handel and Eileen L. Strempel August 21, 2021 Free college proposals would only exacerbate the degree completion gap in higher ed, write Stephen J. Handel and Eileen L. Strempel. “Free college” proposals are at the forefront of state and federal policy making, garnering frequent online and newspaper headlines. Central to […]
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Higher Ed Dive Natalie Schwartz September 1, 2021 Dive Brief: More than 65,000 suspected fraudulent financial applications were created in what may have been an attempt to scam the California Community Colleges system, though it’s unclear if any money was disbursed to fake students, the Los Angeles Times reported. Officials suspect fake student accounts were created to […]
Read MoreLos Angeles Times Colleen Shalby and Teresa Watanabe August 31, 2021 The California Community Colleges system is investigating potentially widespread fraud involving fake “bot students” enrolled in active courses in what officials suspect is a scam to obtain financial aid or COVID-19 relief grants. The 116-campus system is beefing up internal reporting and security measures […]
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