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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federalgovernment and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries.
Since any associated policy changes could affect a much wider set of services than originally expected, we thought that we’d use this space to share what we think are the key points that university leaders across higher education need to understand about the potential impact of recent and anticipated actions by the federalgovernment.
I’m putting my time and energy into my education and volunteer efforts and living on campus on my scholarship and financialaid,” she says. Today, they’re working in various industries, like teaching, medical, dentistry, law — and these people often set up businesses and take jobs in underserved communities.
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