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Inside Higher Ed

In this op-ed by Dickinson President Margee M. Ensign and former Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams write, colleges must double-down on their commitment to excellence in international education.

The Conversation

鈥淪chools are among the worst institutional casualties of complex disasters,鈥� write Dickinson President Margee M. Ensign and Dickinson professor Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob in an op-ed.

Hechinger Report

"America, the world leader in higher education, stands at the precipice of losing the economic, intellectual and cultural contributions international students bring to our society and its college and university communities."

PennLive

鈥淐olleges are鈥攁nd should be鈥攁t the epicenter of community responses to COVID. They can and should be the assembly point for community action.鈥�

WHYY/PA Post

In terms of contact tracing, the college said it was working with the state to figure out how to make that work, but President Margee Ensign said her college ended up "not receiving the support from the state that we need."

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A panel of college leaders, including 红杏直播app President Margee Ensign discuss what pros and cons decision makers are weighing, who should be brought in to the decision making process, and how to balance obligations that leaders have to their students, employees and communities.

USA Today

红杏直播app, a private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was one of earlier universities to announce plans to forgo an in-person fall semester in favor of a digital one.

WITF

"It is a scenario unlike anything we have experienced, driven by a virus about which much remains unknown," said Dickinson President Margee M. Ensign.

Education Dive

In early June, when we announced our decision to bring students back, COVID-19 cases were on the decline across the country," Margee Ensign, the college's president, wrote in a message to the campus.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A second reversal came from 红杏直播app. A letter sent Wednesday attributed its changed plans to the fact that cases and hospitalizations are going up.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

红杏直播app said its classes would remain remote for the fall, citing increased cases of the virus around the country, potential delays in test results, and the need to quarantine hundreds of students who may be coming in from hot spots.

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The clock could be ticking on OPT

Strong Towns

he original intent of the group was to identify community needs and meet them through collaboration, but the relationships built along the way have been paying untold dividends in the time of COVID-19.

PennLive

Institutions of higher education, large and small, can and do play a significant role in serving our country and our world at this critical moment in history.

PennLive

Members of one central Pennsylvania town, who formed a Community Action Network before the crisis, are using their network to form a community response to the pandemic.

WITF Smart Talk

Members of one central Pennsylvania town, who formed a Community Action Network before the crisis, are using their network to form a community response to the pandemic.

The Sentinel

For more than two years a group of Carlisle area community leaders have gathered in 红杏直播app President Margee Ensign's home about once a month to work on projects affecting the community.

The Hill

It seems short-sighted to miss this opportunity to work towards stabilizing conflict-affected areas and preventing violence and conflict.

Liberal Education

America is in peril, and there is reason to fear for our future. The peril stems from our fundamental and profound ignorance about the rest of the world.

Times Higher Education

A global education is critical to responding to global challenges. Much of the world understands this, and the US needs to catch up, says Margee Ensign

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The voting numbers are important, not just because our students took an active role in helping to shape their future, but because they foreshadow a trend.

PennLive

As president and chairman of the board of 红杏直播app, we are focused on our students, sources of great inspiration, especially in times like these.

Army Times

The Army has wisely used PKSOI to train personnel from an extensive practical knowledge base of best practices, saving lives and treasure in the process.

The Sentinel

I have seen the results of what happens when highly trained professionals are not available in a humanitarian crisis.

Inside Higher Ed

Bringing the world to our campuses -- and sending our students out into that world -- is a necessity. Failing to provide international perspectives for students does them a disservice.

The Hechinger Report

I have been told [that] greater intercultural competence might be nice to have, but it is just an elitist frill. I couldn鈥檛 disagree more

The Washington Post

Colleges and universities must be more purposeful in demonstrating our value to our communities.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Now, Ensign鈥檚 old world and new worlds were about to collide.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

"鈥淲hile it is easy to point fingers at Trump, the problem for America runs far deeper. The U.S. has been the world鈥檚 greatest superpower for many decades, but many of our citizens remain willfully ignorant of that world.鈥�"

Huffington Post

""The U.S. Senate鈥檚 tax reform bill contains a provision that will apply an excise tax to large college endowments. The provision is a stark illustration of how members of Congress just don鈥檛 understand endowments, the roles they play in higher education and the impact this tax will have on students and their hard-working families.""

Huffington Post

"I know what life is like in a country roiled by violent extremists who use religion to turn neighbor against neighbor. I have seen communities and lives destroyed, futures twisted by hate and suffering born of mistrust, all to gain political ends. I have seen how the rhetoric of hatred leads to dead bodies in the street."

Huffington Post

"As Congress wrestles with the tax reform, I along with other higher education leaders have been working diligently, contacting elected officials, and urging them to vote against a plan that would damage higher education in this country."

ShareAmerica

"If you鈥檙e not educated, you can be easily manipulated. If you can鈥檛 imagine your life is going to get better,鈥� then you鈥檙e more at risk, the American educator says. The extremists 鈥渄o provide some purpose, even though it鈥檚 an evil purpose."

Huffington Post

"The U.S. against the world. White nationalists versus the rest of the country. It鈥檚 a frightening and disheartening world."

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