Opinion piece by President Parham Source: LA Sentinel Springtime is a season when thoughts turn toward warmer weather, new beginnings, and budding opportunities. Such is the case for freshman and transfer applicants to colleges and universities around the state and country, as both groups wait on that hoped-for letter of admission and consider which opportunity they will accept among the options they have been provided. California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), one of 23 campuses in the California State University system, has extended offers to its Fall 2020 class and is now awaiting students' decisions to enroll. This admissions season, however, brings a mixed bag of ... Read More
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Daily Breeze: “Coronavirus Q&A: How a South Bay Business Expert Sees Society, Workspaces Evolving”
Source: Daily Breeze Last January, Fynnwin Prager, co-director of the South Bay Economics Institute at Carson's Cal State Dominguez Hills, issued a report on the current and future state of telecommuting that concluded: “The $1 million question is how do we get more commuters out of their cars and working from home?” At the time, a global pandemic that would emerge a year later and force people to socially isolate at home, wasn't foreseen. But given how major events – including public health disasters – have historically resulted in major societal changes, the Daily Breeze asked Prager about how the coronavirus pandemic may affect not only how we live, but how we work. The ... Read More
Center for American Progress: “A Q&A on Advancing Equity in Higher Education Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic”
Source: Center for American Progress William Franklin, vice president for Student Affairs, and Matthew Smith, interim associate vice president of student life and dean of students, were interviewed by the Center for American Progress for the Q&A: "An Investment for Generations: A Q&A on Advancing Equity in Higher Education Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic." The piece shares on-the-ground perspectives on how COVID-19 is disrupting higher education, far beyond the abrupt shift to online instruction. ... Read More
Daily Breeze: “CSU Dominguez Hills Students have Created 1,500 Face Shields to Protect Against Coronavirus”
Source: Daily Breeze Cal State Dominguez Hills had an empty campus, vacant labs and plenty of students who were laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic. So Dr. Kamal Hamdan, the university's Director for the Center for Innovation in STEM Education, had an idea. Why not put some of those students and the unused lab equipment to work to create face shields for health care providers? “I kept hearing there was a huge need for face shields,” he said Saturday, April 11. “So I thought, 'We have a great workforce in our students, and we have the best technology. Why can't we repurpose that?'” So, for the past two weeks, Hamdan and about 25 students have been at work – first to ... Read More
Telecommuting Could Curb the Coronavirus Epidemic
Recent surveys from both the National Household Transportation Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that around 29% of the United States workforce has the option to work at home, and around 15% usually does so. Working from home pays a double dividend during a pandemic. First, it can help to limit the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus. This supports organizations' efforts to limit travel and major public events, and more assertive efforts by governments in badly affected regions to restrict population movement altogether. Restricting travel and canceling events have substantial costs at a time when businesses are already dealing with absences due to ... Read More
