It's been a hard four years for supporters of international education. Experts expect a reset in international education policies under Biden, but caution that damage to the once-welcoming image of the United States can't be easily erased.
—Inside Higher Ed
Undergraduate enrollment is still down across higher education, according to the latest National Student Clearinghouse report. Black and Hispanic enrollment in community colleges is still down more than white and Asian enrollment.
—Inside Higher Ed
—CHE
—Inside Higher Ed
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is drawing significantly the nation’s colleges and universities to prepare to take the reins of government on Jan. 20.
Of the nearly 600 mostly volunteers announced by Biden’s transition team to serve on agency review teams to help coordinate the transition from the Trump administration, nearly 80 are professors….
New tactics started as emergency measures, but could be a lasting way to keep enrollments up.
—CHE
Some described intense stress as remote proctors watched them take tests, worrying they would be labeled as cheats. Others said they had urinated at their desks for fear that leaving for the bathroom would hurt their chances of a post-graduation career.
—WashPo
The Department of Justice can appoint a special counsel. It will help keep politics out of holding Trump accountable.
—Politico
On January 20, 2021, Donald Trump will no longer be the President of the United States. Later that year, he may become the first former president to face a criminal indictment. Trump is reportedly worried about being arrested, and he should be.
Many party officials are suggesting to the rank and file that the election was stolen or that the outcome stands to be reversed.
—Politico
…A majority of Republicans, according to new polling, are convinced the election wasn’t fair. Party officials are attacking one another for failing a litmus test of defending Trump’s interests. Lawmakers in Congress and states across the country are rushing to the cause….
✅California joins most of U.S. in ‘uncontrolled’ coronavirus spread -- The rampant spread of the coronavirus across the U.S. has now engulfed California — which until recently had stood apart from the majority of states by keeping transmission in check. Annie Vainshtein in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 11/12/20
✅Skelton: Expanding vote by mail in California was a success. Let’s do it permanently -- The pandemic produced one good thing: mail ballots for every California voter. And regardless of our fired president’s nonsensical claims, they were cast without a scent of fraud. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/20
The lame duck president is getting his revenge on the national security state.
—Mother Jones
…Policy chief James Anderson, intelligence head Joseph Kernan, and Esper’s chief of staff Jen Stewart are all gone, replaced by true believers with a history of echoing Trump’s most conspiratorial views on Russian election interference and the Deep State. The sudden nature of the departures was reflected in a terse Pentagon statement, which said Kernan’s exit had been “planned for several months,” but said nothing of Anderson or Stewart’s reasons for resigning….
✅Biden’s Policy Agenda Rests Heavily on Senate Outcome -- President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s transition team is preparing multiple sets of policy proposals for the economy, health care, climate change and other domestic issues, including the ambitious agenda Mr. Biden laid out in his winning campaign, while acknowledging it may have to be pared back in recognition of divided government. Jim Tankersley in the New York Times$ -- 11/12/20
✅A winter surge in COVID-19 cases seems inevitable. Can we stop it? -- Temperatures are dropping, nights are growing longer, the holidays are nearing, and the science is clear: The pandemic is far from over. A long, dark winter awaits. Deborah Netburn in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/11/20
