Wednesday, September 30, 2020

9-30: An especially stressful time for Dreamers; SoCal held back; it's all about young people

OC’s Reopening Restrictions Continue After Labor Day Coronavirus Case Bump 
—Voice of OC 
     A host of businesses and churches across Orange County won’t be able to let more people indoors this week because local coronavirus infections went up. 

—OC Reg 

—NYT 
     The chaos of the event has left allies and rivals alike questioning the state of American democracy and the country’s place on the global stage. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that cases had risen nationally among people 18 to 22 years old between Aug. 2 and Sept. 5. 
—WashPo 

Should innovation and entrepreneurial achievement be considered as part of teaching, research and service? 
—Inside Higher Ed 
     Academics from 67 universities nationally have unanimously voted to approve a set of recommendations for recognizing innovation and entrepreneurial achievements among the criteria for higher education faculty promotion and tenure. 
     The proposal is not to add a fourth prong to the traditional three of teaching, research and service. Rather, it is to place innovation and entrepreneurship within the three prongs. 
     In addition, the proposal aims to be noncontroversial by saying that colleges and universities could let faculty members decide whether to be evaluated on that basis. But judging from the reaction of the American Association of University Professors, which was not consulted on the proposal, there is a controversy....

Survey of undocumented college students finds high level of anxiety around finances and the students' legal status. 
—Inside Higher Ed 
     …“The survey from TheDream.US found that 70 percent of respondents are “more” (32 percent) or “much more” (38 percent) anxious about their legal status since the start of the pandemic. More than half -- 55 percent -- see their legal status as a “very” or “extremely” significant barrier to achieving their long-term goals, compared to 44 percent in the previous year’s version of the survey.” …. 

—Inside Higher Ed 
     The number of young adults with COVID-19 rose by 55 percent from early August to early September, as most colleges were bringing students back to their campuses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report published Tuesday. 

Coronavirus outbreak at Cal State Long Beach grows to 17 cases -- Officials first announced Saturday, Sept. 26, that five cases had been identified and that all on-campus students would be quarantined. The university also announced that all in-person instruction will be paused for two weeks while officials perform contact tracing. Hayley Munguia in the Orange County Register -- 9/30/20 

With most California college campuses virtual this year, a select few are in-person -- Most California university and college courses are virtual this fall, but a small number are still happening in-person, in ways that are different from anything normal. Ashley A. Smith EdSource -- 9/30/20 

California’s community colleges address student-faculty diversity gap -- California’s 116 community colleges should prioritize increasing diversity in their faculty to create a more inclusive and equitable learning environment, leaders from across the community college system said Tuesday. Michael Burke EdSource -- 9/30/20 

Coronavirus infections among school-age kids rose in the summer, CDC says -- Keen to send the nation’s kids back to reopened schools, President Trump has called children “virtually immune,” “essentially immune” and “almost immune” to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. But a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention underscores how wrong those assertions are. Melissa Healy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/29/20 

Poll shows Californians give Newsom high marks on COVID-19, low marks on addressing homelessness -- Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic helped put him in such good graces with California voters that his approval rating is among the highest of any governor in the past 50 years at the same point in their first term, according to a new poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. Phil Willon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/29/20


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