Tuesday, November 10, 2020

11-10: Community colleges find an advocate in future First Lady Jill Biden

Is a Second Coronavirus Wave Hitting Orange County?
 
—Voice of OC 
     A second wave of coronavirus infections could be hitting Orange County after a series of upticks over the past week, with over 500 new cases reported Sunday. 
     The county hasn’t seen over 400 new cases reported since early August, when OC was coming out of the summer case spikes. Monday saw an additional 308 cases reported…. 
     Last week, OC’s new daily case counts crept above 300 a day before hitting 512 on Sunday…. 
     By Sunday, there were 201 people hospitalized, including 72 people in intensive care units. That’s the highest hospitalizations have been since mid September…. 
     Since the pandemic began in March, the virus has killed 1,509 people, out of 62,563 confirmed OC cases, according to the county Health Care Agency…. 

Professors and graduate students urge caution on spring plans for in-person instruction. 
—Inside Higher Ed 

Biden's victory gives a reprieve for DACA recipients, but advocates for Dreamers say congressional action is what's really needed. 
—Inside Higher Ed 

Controversial pandemic pronouncements test an uneasy relationship. 
—CHE 

Household gatherings, Halloween are driving California coronavirus rates higher, Gov. Gavin Newsom says -- As California’s COVID-19 numbers continue to climb, state officials say they’ve identified a common source of spread: Private household gatherings. Andrew Sheeler in the Sacramento Bee$ Don Thompson Associated Press Amy Graff in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/10/20 

Affordable Care Act challenge before Supreme Court could strip insurance from millions -- As the Supreme Court hears a challenge Tuesday to the Affordable Care Act, the stakes are enormous: insurance coverage for more than 20 million Americans during a disastrous pandemic. Medicaid coverage for more than 15 million with low incomes. About $27 billion a year in federal funding for California. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Angela Hart California Healthline via in the Orange County Register -- 11/10/20 

Community colleges find an advocate in future First Lady Jill Biden -- For the first time in American history, the nation’s First Lady will hold a job outside the White House, and that job will involve teaching. Jill Biden will continue teaching English at Northern Virginia Community College, where even as Second Lady, she has advocated for students and education after high school. Ashley A. Smith EdSource -- 11/10/20 

White House, escalating tensions, orders agencies to rebuff Biden transition team -- The Trump White House on Monday instructed senior government leaders to block cooperation with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, escalating a standoff that threatens to impede the transfer of power and prompting the Biden team to consider legal action. Lisa Rein, Matt Viser, Greg Miller and Josh Dawsey in the Washington Post$ -- 11/10/20 

Trump’s quest to end the Affordable Care Act arrives at Supreme Court -- The latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act comes Tuesday before a reconstituted Supreme Court, during a pandemic, in a rapidly changing political environment. All of those factors are likely to play a role when Republican-led states and the Trump administration ask the justices to find a key provision unconstitutional. Robert Barnes in the Washington Post$ -- 11/10/20 

Biden Moves to Confront a Pandemic Racing Out of Control -- President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. moved on Monday to begin assuming responsibility for the surging coronavirus pandemic, naming a string of high-profile scientists — including a former surgeon general and a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner — to advise him on the pandemic and imploring Americans to wear masks. Sheryl Gay Stolberg in the New York Times$ -- 11/10/20

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