higher education
Idaho’s virtual college fair starts Tuesday
The three-day event is free and allows students and families to connect with 11 different Idaho colleges and universities, both public and private.
CSI launches free online-learning program designed for teachers and parents
The program is designed to help teachers and parents navigate the shift to online learning.
Furloughs and football: Boise State leaders discuss an uncertain fiscal future
Boise State has no plans for university-wide layoffs, associate vice president Shawn Miller said Thursday. Earlier this week, President Marlene Tromp said some job losses and operations cuts are inevitable.
College acceptance letters will be available online starting Tuesday
The acceptance letters will be available on the State Board of Education’s Next Steps and Apply Idaho website.
After years of rapid growth, CWI faces an enrollment drop
Numbers could drop by 2 percent, but the Nampa-based college had been bracing for a 15 percent drop. At other community colleges, enrollment numbers are mixed.
Across the state, campuses open for an uncertain new year
Across Idaho and across the nation, the coronavirus pandemic will test colleges’ health and safety guidelines. It will also test students’ willingness to adhere to new rules and expectations.
‘We can win back their trust:’ Tromp urges Boise State to face its critics
“We know that there are challenges in our state with people losing faith in higher education,” the Boise State University president said Wednesday. “They don’t see what the university has to offer.”
‘The expectation is that we’re all in this together:’ Idaho State reopens its campus
Other state colleges and universities will follow suit next week. Here’s the reopening picture across the state’s campuses.
Fall semester is looming. So, how many students will come to campus?
College and university leaders simply don’t know as they wrestle with complicated health and safety issues during a pandemic.
No fall sports in the Mountain West: coronavirus news roundup, 8.10.20
In other news, Central District Health did not change schools’ rankings in coronavirus risk categories this week.