CT Humanities and State Office of the Arts Partner for CHEFA Cultural Relief Grants for Arts, Cultural Organizations

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CT Humanities and State Office of the Arts Partner for CHEFA Cultural Relief Grants for Arts, Cultural Organizations

There may be a small ray of sunshine ahead in what has been a dark year for arts organizations across Connecticut, as many have had to shut their doors or drastically limit attendance due to coronavirus concerns. Connecticut Humanities and the Connecticut Office of the Arts are partnering to provide limited relief funding to nonprofit arts, humanities, and cultural organizations.

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Southern Connecticut State University Becomes East Coast Anchor for Initiative to Help Businesses Move to Virtual - with Assist from Students

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Southern Connecticut State University Becomes East Coast Anchor for Initiative to Help Businesses Move to Virtual - with Assist from Students

Innovation continues to be a by-product of the changing workplace landscape resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The latest example comes from the Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) School of Business which has established a partnership with Get Virtual, a program that gives local businesses affected by COVID-19 the tools to adapt to the virtual landscape and extend their businesses online.

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Higher Education, Employers, State Must Respond to Accelerating Demographic Changes to Meet Economic Challenges

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Higher Education, Employers, State Must Respond to Accelerating Demographic Changes to Meet Economic Challenges

“We can no longer ignore inequities faced by people of color and low-income individuals,” stressed a 2020 report by the New England Board of Higher Education and the Strada Education Network, looking at the region’s employment, education and prospects for economic growth.

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CIGNA Grant Aims to Advance Efforts to Add Diversity to Ranks of School Superintendents

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CIGNA Grant Aims to Advance Efforts to Add Diversity to Ranks of School Superintendents

Amidst a summer of increased nationwide focus on racial equity and opportunity across many fields of endeavor, Connecticut-headquartered Cigna Corporation, a global health service company, donated $250,000 to expand an innovative program at Howard University in Washington, D.C. tackling systemic inequality in education by creating a pipeline of superintendents of color, specifically trained to lead in urban school districts.

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Will CT Legislature Resume Efforts to Attract More Teachers of Color?

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Will CT Legislature Resume Efforts to Attract More Teachers of Color?

Of Connecticut’s approximately 50,000 professional public educators (teachers, administrators, school social workers, counselors, and other certified school employees) in the 2019-2020 school year, 9.6% were racial and ethnic minorities, according to the State Department of Education’s (SDE) data website.

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Two-year Colleges Seek to Rebuild Latino Enrollment After COVID-19 Decline

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Two-year Colleges Seek to Rebuild Latino Enrollment After COVID-19 Decline

Overall enrollment has decreased at Capital Community College with the start of the new academic year amidst COVID-19, as well as the eleven other two-year colleges are overseen by the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities. According to preliminary figures, the decline has been in the 10-13 percent range – final numbers are not expected until late September. For Latinos, just as the pandemic has been disproportionately more challenging both in the number of cases and economics, the enrollment decrease is higher, estimated at about 17 percent.

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