Mental Health Issues Are Hurting Attendance

From time to time, students don’t show up to class. It happens. But when it happens, how often do you or your colleagues ask why students aren’t coming to class? How often is asking students about the reasons behind their absences a part of your strategy? STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH Understanding why students aren’t showing up… Continue reading Mental Health Issues Are Hurting Attendance

How To Take Attendance Safely During The Pandemic

Instead of  an attendance solution with shared surfaces, career institutes should instead explore a hands-free solutions where students check-in on their own device.  As schools look to create a safe learning environment to welcome staff and students back on-site during the pandemic, those using biometric scanners should reassess their attendance technology. Biometric scanners do not… Continue reading How To Take Attendance Safely During The Pandemic

ED Guidance For Clock-Hour Offerings During COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 5, the Department of Education released guidance for postsecondary schools whose normal operations are disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak, with a further update last week.  While many schools prepped for the move to online assuming that delivering the content and working on a pseudo-credit hour system would suffice, the Department of Education has… Continue reading ED Guidance For Clock-Hour Offerings During COVID-19 Pandemic