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Overdose-related deaths have reached an all-time high with more than 96,000 people dying during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Written by Ola Adebayo, MPH candidate and student worker at the Institute for Public Health. Photo: Michael Longmire, Unsplash.

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APRIL 21, 2024

This dip was likely due to the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal market, cancelations and delays to bar admission exam administrations, and an approximately 1.4% Adams noted that beginning with the Class of 2019, the percentage rose above 80% and has been steadily rising, but for a slight dip to 77.4%

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MARCH 26, 2024

Corbett-Helaire, assistant professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard University and leading researcher behind the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Kizzmekia S. No one told them, you can be not just the best Black guy here, you can be ‘that’ guy.”

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

On a national level, community colleges have seen a 20% decrease in male students since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, a ccording to officials. The hope is that this effort will attract people to pursue higher education who may not have considered it before. These declines were worse for male students of color.

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APRIL 19, 2024

The facility closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated budget reduction efforts. “CAC is proud of our longstanding relationship with HCC and the opportunity to partner in providing expanded whole-family support for HCC’s students and our community.” The college was awarded a $1 million grant in 2023 from the U.S.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

PHOENIX-- Overall drug use among student-athletes is down and a fewer number of student-athletes are reporting mental health concerns than they did several years ago during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, binge drinking has dropped to a historic low and tobacco use among student-athletes is also on the decline.

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MARCH 6, 2023

“Without speaking with students on why … we speculate there may be growing interest in attending colleges and universities in [the international applicants’] home countries, geopolitical considerations, some ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions, etc.,” said Jim Rawlins, UCSD associate vice chancellor for enrollment management.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Class of 2023 is a “COVID cohort,” given that the class were in their first year of high school during the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hard truth is that we are not doing enough to ensure that graduates are truly ready for postsecondary success in college and career,” Godwin said.

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WashU Institue for Public Health

APRIL 13, 2020

Written by Jessica A. Gold , MD, MS, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine & Faculty Scholar at the Institute for Public Health. Jessie Gold. “ How are you ?”. These three little words used to just be a casual greeting between friends, family, a doctor and a patient, or even casual acquaintances.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The number of students engaging in international education is rising, perhaps even more so than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from Institute of International Education (IIE). study abroad between 2018-19 and 2021, she said. Open Doors The U.S. 13 – details the trends for U.S. The more than 188,000 U.S.

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MARCH 12, 2024

GAO analyzed the most recent HSI data on college student and institutional characteristics (2021–2022), finances (2020–2021), HSI grant programs (2017–2022), and COVID-19 pandemic relief funds (2021). GAO surveyed a representative sample of HSIs in the U.S., including Puerto Rico, and received generalizable responses from 169 colleges.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Dr. Allison Rose Socol “As many students continue to need additional support in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital that schools build trust between educators and families and remove barriers to meaningful engagement with families,” said Dr. Allison Rose Socol, vice president for P-12 policy, research, and practice at EdTrust.

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APRIL 29, 2024

The report is a retrospective analysis of the changing demographics at selective and open-access institutions from 2009 to 2019; researchers ended their analysis in 2019 to account for changing enrollment patterns that resulted, in part, from the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes less than a year after the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

To be “up to date,” according to the CDC , one must receive a primary vaccine series along with the “bivalent” booster, where the new booster protects against both the original and several variant strains of COVID-19, which has changed over time.

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MARCH 4, 2024

But efforts such as refinancing debt, navigating a down market, fundraising, pursuing mergers or acquisitions, and strategically using federal and state COVID-19 relief funds were not enough to close the financial gap in time to satisfy NDC’s debt obligations.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Synchrony first engaged PWNA during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, supporting provisions of food and other essentials to tribes. “We believe education and skills building can be key for youth seeking a better future for themselves and their families. We're proud to support PWNA."

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The annual meeting—now in its 11 th year—comes as many universities are struggling to rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily halted study abroad programs across the world. They’ve actually dropped, and they have not rebounded from their COVID numbers.”

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The college adopted a test-optional policy for applicants to the Classes of 2025, 2026, and 2027 and a test-recommended policy for applicants to the Class of 2028 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Lee Coffin, the college’s vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Smita Ruzicka, vice president for student affairs, and Dr. Michelle McCauley, interim vice president, attributed the wave to returning students who took time off during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $10,000 offer is available to the first 30 juniors and seniors who take a leave of absence for the fall 2023 semester and winter term.

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MARCH 10, 2024

The move follows four years of test-optional undergraduate admissions at UT Austin, which suspended the standardized score requirement in the spring of 2020 due to limited testing availability during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JUNE 12, 2023

The high school class of 2023 had an experience that was inevitably shaped by COVID-19. Now, as the COVID cohort graduates and gets ready for higher education, a new report shows how the pandemic affected their college and career choices, both positively and negatively. These communities were more vulnerable anyway,” she said.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Chan School of Public Health, has been a vital part of American health since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Corbett, an assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Her National Institutes of Health team played an essential role in vaccine development.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Sams had been appointed president of the school two years ago, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and his inauguration had been held off as the school began to return to full swing. SUNY Old Westbury will be transitioning into a university, effective Jul. 1, The school made the announcement Apr.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Bell is also an advocate for underrepresented minority psychiatrists training and teaching others. “He

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Since 2020, Purdue has been “test flexible” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which hindered many students’ access to testing sites. The school will begin accepting 2024 applications on Aug. The move was recommended by Purdue administration and endorsed by its Board of Trustees.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Most notably, the colleges, which already were dealing with the legacy challenges that arose under prior ownership, were unable to absorb the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on schools teaching hands-on and equipment-intensive programs such as culinary arts and fashion design.”

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JANUARY 12, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a public spotlight to health and healthcare inequities. Barber served as the National Advisor and Coordinator for the Poor People’s Campaign COVID-19 Health Justice Advisory Council. It was titled ‘Racism in the Time of COVID-19.’

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MAY 2, 2023

This included overseeing the safe reopening of our 10 campuses following the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuilding enrollment, and putting the district on sound financial footing by replenishing our reserves and securing important new revenue streams through grants and philanthropy.”

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JANUARY 5, 2023

He said that racist fears of Yellow Peril currently relate to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which anti-Asian sentiment and incidents have seen increases. It also shows up in times of public health crisis, like COVID-19. They are expecting an Asian name, Asian country. They already pegged you down as a foreigner.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Jon Croel met Graham in 2023 and was impressed by Graham’s work on the COVID-19 vaccine. Graham notes that, since the COVID-19 pandemic, MSM experienced an increase in its class size and programs, which allowed MSM and its board to cast their eye on a bigger target — not just ending health disparity in the U.S.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

That experience was critical as she led the university through the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

That experience was critical as she led the university through the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she had worked at high levels of the federal government, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. secretary of health and human services under President Barack Obama.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Rhode Island College (RIC) will be requiring masks in classrooms for students and faculty when spring semester starts next week, given a slight surge in COVID-19 cases in Providence County, WJAR reported. Providence County is in the "high" category for community transmission, according to the CDC. "We

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MARCH 7, 2023

Nooks also took part in a keynote panel that focused on challenges in higher ed, intellectual freedom, and the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on schools. His dedication to a collaborative campus culture, student success, and community engagement was lauded.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

While COVID-19 had a disproportionate impact on many marginalized communities, one of the hardest hit populations were incarcerated individuals. By March 2022, two years after the pandemic began its catastrophic spread across the United States, over 588,000 cases of Covid spread through the U.S. prison system.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

According to WBOY 12 , a no-confidence resolution was also filed against Gee in December 2021, accusing him of refusing to institute a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. And while I know this is difficult, I also believe very deeply in what we are doing. And we must move forward.” The resolution was voted down.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Matos Rodríguez CUNY announced the signup of 14,433 students who had incomplete degrees or who were unable to attend college due to personal circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Queens had the biggest gains – 29% of the new enrollees living there – and of re-enrolled students, 34% were Hispanic and 32% were Black.

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