The Biden administration as soon as this week could begin accepting requests from colleges for extra time to spend their share of federal Covid relief dollars.
The state-funded Opportunity Scholarship was established in 2020 to cover tuition and course-specific fees for New Mexico residents pursuing high-demand career training certificates, two-year degrees and four-year degrees at public colleges and universities. Higher education officials in the state tout the scholarship as the cause of record-breaking college enrollment.
Community colleges are “really versatile institutions that are open to everyone and create a lot of opportunities and choices for people,” says Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal.
Virginia Peninsula Community College looks to the future with a new president and a new brand.
A survey of more than 18,000 nurses shows that 30% of the participants are looking to quit their careers, up 7 percentage points over 2021, when the pandemic-triggered wave of resignations began. The survey also shows that 36% of the nurses plan to continue working in the sector but may change workplaces.
