Since the shutdown of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), many Pierce professors and students have doubled up as their children’s teachers while continuing
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Fall goes online
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has decided to keep courses in their online format through the fall 2020 semester, but some professors are
Looking COVID-19 in the eye
A man alone on his deathbed looked over at his wife and son. He wanted to be able to hold them close, but he was
Student services go online
Although the Brahma Café is closed due to COVID-19 prevention, a new one is open to Pierce students who are seeking academic help known as
ESL assessments and graduation discussed at Academic Senate
The Academic Senate met through a Zoom meeting on May 4 to discuss struggles with English as a second language (ESL) assessments and upcoming virtual
BRIEF: Summer, fall semesters and commencement online
Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez updated faculty, staff and administrators on the district’s plans in the wake of COVID-19 in an
BRIEF: Financial options for DACA recipients
Students who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are ineligible to receive a stimulus check from the $2.2 trillion CARES Act. Since non-essential
“Zoombombers”
As face-to-face classes transition to online instruction, disruptions are more common. In the recent weeks of remote learning, Zoom lectures have been interrupted by people
BRIEF: Zoom meetings outside of regular class time
As classes settled into their online format, some professors decided to hold their live meetings on Zoom outside of the originally scheduled time and upload
Lab based classes transition online
The Industrial Technology Department consists of mostly hands-on learning, so the department is trying to use relevant programs online to give students quality education while