(From K-12 Dive) Guidance issued last week by the CDC recommends students and staff who have COVID-19 or show signs of symptoms isolate for a full 10 days. The recommendation applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated p
(From Inside Higher Ed) More than two-thirds of white high school students say they rely on family and friends for help with college admissions. By contrast, only 38% of Black students say their families give them admiss
(from the Washington Post) Schools across the country are dealing with staffing shortages never before experienced by long-term administrators. Parents are servings as substitutes, teachers are doing custodial work and s
(from the 74 Million) During the school shooting earlier this week in Oxford, Michigan, a viral video showed students confused when a voice asked barricaded students to open the door and let him into the room. Students t
(from Venable) In response to the recent worker shortage, many employers have reassessed their recruiting practices, increased wages, implemented hiring bonuses, or installed flexibility incentives to entice workers. Des
(from FEI Daily) As finance professionals across the board begin the process of preparing their annual budgets this fall, many may be asking themselves: Is there a better way? Consider these four practices:
(Society for Human Resources Management) The federal government and some state leaders want to require certain workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus (or at least test weekly for COVID-19), while other state l
(From NPR) At a time when more young people identify as nonbinary or transgender, admissions policies at historically women's colleges have loosened to reflect that shift. Hollins University, a historically women's colle
(from Christensen Institute) According to Tyton Partners, roughly 1.5 million students were enrolled in microschools or learning pods this fall. For comparison, roughly 5.7 million students were enrolled in private schoo
(from Forbes) As the pandemic continues to impact the workplace, CFOs need to consider three areas in the coming year.
(From NPR) In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, schools and districts around the country have been canceling classes on short notice. The cancellations aren't directly for COVID-19 quarantines; instead schools are ci
(from Harvard Business Review) There is a widening mismatch between the job environment employees want — and now expect — and the one their organizations have, according research from Boston Consulting Group. Twenty year
(from the New York Times) School nurses, already overworked, increasingly find themselves under fire from parents for enforcing public health rules that they did not make and cannot change. Through the pandemic, nurses h
(From SHRM) As COVID-19 booster shots become available to all adults, employment law attorneys recommend that businesses hold off on mandating booster shots. "Although skepticism abounds about whether the definition of '
(from NPR) Late last Friday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has recommended COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adults. The announcement came just hours after a vaccine advisory committee voted unanimously to expand Modern
(From Inside Higher Ed) Colleges across the country are seeing large numbers of students and employees suffering from influenza this year. The University of Michigan is among the many college campuses experiencing early
(from Society for Human Resources Management) 401(k) Plan Limits, HSA and HDHP Limits, Health FSA Limits, Dependent Care FSA Limits, QSEHRA Limits, Commuter Transit and Parking Limits and Earnings Subject to Social Secur
(from HR Dive) Despite ongoing interest in building a more diverse workforce, 51% of talent leaders surveyed by SmartRecruiters said they don’t have a process for setting diverse hiring goals. Only 31% of companies surve
(From ICEF Monitor) The number of new international students enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions fell by nearly half (46%) in 2020/21, according to the Open Doors 2021 Report. Continuing enrolments were much l
(from Society of Human Resources Management) Amazon's recent troubles administering employee leave and delivering accurate pay and benefits could be a warning for other organizations to integrate disparate HR technologie
