Photo: Tina Russell

More than 4 million people in the United States quit their jobs in October in what’s being called the Great Resignation. Cory Orr, who often worked 70 hours a week in three jobs, is one of those individuals.

Now he’s training in a fast-track program to become an industrial maintenance technician. The program, at Valencia College, aims to speed up the frustratingly slow pace of switching careers and help people like Orr get higher paying, steadier jobs.

Photo: Marisa Agha

Can a tribal college support its own community’s culture while also enrolling students from many other Native American groups? Tohono O’odham Community College in Arizona is committed to trying.

When the college moved its courses online during the pandemic and offered them without charge to any Native student, enrollment nearly doubled. It has since become a model for what other tribal colleges and universities can achieve through developing a strong online presence.

A new Idaho law stops short of barring instructors from teaching critical race theory, and Leslie Madsen, an associate professor of history at Boise State University, plans teach it in one of her spring courses.

Madsen broke down the nuances of the law in a Twitter thread telling students there was room in the course. She explains more in this interview.