Daily Lumina News 102220

COVID-19 affects all students. But the American College Health Association has singled out international students as a vulnerable population.
Far from family and longtime friends, they are at risk of isolation, and they are less likely than their American counterparts to seek counseling. Shifting student-visa policies and an uptick in racist and xenophobic incidents can add to their anxiety.

One question on many people’s minds is: Will this end up being a lost year for students educationally? Many educators acknowledge the missed opportunities, like extended time in labs and robust co-curricular learning. But they also note some unexpected benefits.
Several educators weigh in on how the pandemic is altering the landscape for online learning—plus what some colleges are doing to more effectively adapt to employers’ evolving expectations.

They might be on your roster, but they’re ghosting you. So what’s an online professor to do when students just aren’t participating?
This podcast explores who is disappearing from higher education because of COVID-19 and what professors are doing to keep students motivated and engaged.

Alphina Kamara, who is Black, wonders what might have happened if she’d been introduced to science and engineering careers at her Wilmington, Delaware, high school.
She's far from alone. Career and technical education is viewed as a gateway to good jobs. But a new analysis finds a deep racial divide in who benefits.