【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, September 12, 2022】Awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature is AB1705, a bill that would mostly ban remedial math and English classes, which can’t transfer with credit to four-year universities. If he signs the bill, it will affect more than 40 community colleges that continue to offer those classes five years after the state told them to allow students to bypass the courses. San Diego Miramar College is one of dozens of California's community colleges that still offer remedial classes, though it has reduced its offerings of those classes dramatically and faculty hope to soon eliminate them.(Photo credit: Phil Konstantin/Flickr)
Remedial classes across the state have already dwindled dramatically since the original law AB705 was adopted. This fall, 93% of introductory math courses across the state are transfer-level, up from 36% in 2017, according to the California Acceleration Project. Students have also been more successful: In fall 2020, 46% of first-time math students completed transfer-level math within one term, up from 24% in 2018, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. In most cases, students taking transfer-level classes have the opportunity to simultaneously enroll in co-requisite courses, which offer extra help with the transfer-level coursework.
San Diego Miramar College is hoping to get rid of two remedial courses of intermediate algebra that remain in its course catalog. Anne Gloag, chair of the college’s math department, said her department’s desire is to have zero remedial courses but continues to offer them to satisfy faculty elsewhere at the college. Some chemistry courses, for example, have intermediate algebra as a prerequisite.
“We want to develop a college-level math class alongside those departments that will fit their needs, but it’s a long process,” Gloag said.
Not every college offering remedial classes is as eager to get rid of them. Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo County this fall is offering four sections of intermediate algebra and applied algebra. The courses are meant for students pursuing a STEM degree who have been out of college for several years, said Jason Curtis, the college’s vice president of instruction.
The statewide faculty association is also concerned about students not having the option to take remedial classes if AB 1705 is enacted. Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, president of the faculty association, said she’s particularly concerned for older students who return to college and would be forced into transfer-level coursework that they may not be ready for.
Hetts, the executive vice chancellor for the community college system, said it’s his “strong expectation” that if AB 1705 is signed, the system will eliminate almost all remedial classes by fall 2023. Using the $64 million provided in this year’s budget, the colleges plan to spend the next year developing additional support for students taking transfer-level courses, such as more co-requisite classes and tutoring options, Hetts said.
“It’s time to finish this last leg of the race,” he said.
(Source: Ed Source)
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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, September 11, 2022】Geopolitical tensions, shutdown, and increased costs stirred Apple and other tech companies away from China. For a while now, it has been reported that Apple is diversifying its supply chain outside China. Reiterating those claims, a new report by The New York Times states that other tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are also “slowly” shifting their production away from China, along with Apple. ( Photo Credit: https://www.ithinkdiff.com/)
The tech companies have found refuge in Vietnam, Malaysia, India, and Taiwan as alternatives to China to produce various electronic products.
But it’s not just smartphone production that is moving out the country. Apple is producing iPads in northern Vietnam. Microsoft has shipped Xbox game consoles this year from Ho Chi Minh City. Amazon has been making Fire TV devices in Chennai, India. Several years ago, all of these products were made in China.
As per the report, like Apple, other tech companies are also moving out of China because of three main reasons: geopolitical tensions, shutdowns, and an increase in labor costs.
The shift is a response to growing concerns about the geopolitical tensions and pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions that have involved China in the last few years.
American companies are seeing more risk there — a perspective forged during the Trump-era trade war, with its tit-for- tat tariffs, and cemented by China’s saber-rattling after Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last month. They fear that basing a supply chain largely in China may thrust them into the middle of its escalating conflict with the United States over Taiwan.
Furthermore, the annual income of manufacturing workers in China has risen by 3x in the past 10 years crossing $9,300.
Having said that, manufacturing in China will not come to an end but will shrink because it is still “by far, the most dominant consumer electronics manufacturer.” Mehdi Hosseini, a financial analyst at Susquehanna International Group who focuses on the tech supply chain said that “we have a long way to go to have the whole supply chain diversified outside of China.”
(Source: https://www.ithinkdiff.com/)
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The new bivalent boosters were developed to generate an immune response from the original COVID-19 virus, as well as the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.
The Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent booster is available for individuals age 12 and older, while the Moderna bivalent booster is for those age 18 and older. The bivalent boosters have not yet been authorized for children under the age of 12. Youths in that age group can get boosted with the previous version of the monovalent Pfizer vaccine.
San Diegans need to be fully vaccinated before receiving the new booster, meaning they must have received the two-dose primary series of Pfizer, Moderna, or Novavax, or at least one shot of the Janssen vaccine. These vaccinations are still widely available. Anyone who received a previous COVID-19 vaccine less than two months ago can get the bivalent booster shot eight weeks after their last shot.
“These new boosters are safe and effective at protecting people against the Omicron variants, which are currently causing the majority of new infections in our region,” said Cameron Kaiser, M.D., M.P.H., County deputy public health officer. “Supplies of the bivalent vaccine will initially be limited, so we ask anyone who is planning to get the new booster to be patient.”
Initially, County doses will be available at four County-operated locations:
South Region Live Well Center
150 doses a day
690 Oxford St, Chula Vista, 91911
10 a.m. to 5:30 P.M.
East Public Health Center
60 doses a day
367 N. Magnolia Ave, El Cajon, 92020
8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Central Region Public Health Center
60 doses a day
5202 University Ave, San Diego, 92105
8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
North Inland Public Health Center
60 doses a day
649 W. Mission Ave, Escondido 92025
9:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The bivalent boosters will be available in the state’s My Turn system in the near future and will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis. While the initial shipments of the vaccine have been limited, the County expects more doses to arrive in the coming days and weeks, with the next shipment expected to arrive as soon as Friday afternoon.
More information about County vaccine locations is available at coronavirus-sd.com or by calling 2-1-1.
Vaccination Progress:
- Received at least one shot: Close to 3.02 million or 90.3% of San Diegans age six months and older are at least partially vaccinated.
- Fully vaccinated: More than 2.67 million or 79.9%.
- Boosters administered: 1,446,706 or 59% of 2,452,870 eligible San Diegans.
- More vaccination information can be found at coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.
Deaths:
- 10 additional deaths were reported since the last report on Sept. 1, 2022. The region’s total is 5,474.
- Of the 10 additional deaths, five were women and five were men. They died between Feb. 28, 2022 and Aug. 30, 2022; six deaths occurred in the past two weeks.
- Seven of the people who died were 80 years or older, one was in their 70s and two were in their 60s.
- Six were fully vaccinated and four were not.
- All had underlying medical conditions.
Cases, Case Rates and Testing:
- 881 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County in the past two days (Sept. 6 to Sept. 7, 2022). The region’s total is now 915,474.
- 2,797 cases were reported in the past week (Sept. 1 through Sept. 7) compared to 3,978 infections identified the previous week (Aug. 25 through Aug. 31).
- San Diego County’s case rate per 100,000 residents 12 years of age and older is 21.53 for people fully vaccinated and boosted, 13.15 for fully vaccinated people and 42.24 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 6,347 tests were reported to the County on Sept. 3, and the percentage of new positive cases was 5.6% (Data through Sept. 3).
- The 14-day rolling percentage of positive cases, among tests reported through Sept. 3, is 6.9%.
(Source: County of San Diego Communications Office)
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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, September 10, 2022】Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and distancing recommendations. And more people have thrown off their masks and returned to pre-pandemic activities. (Photo Credit: CDC)
But scientists say the answer is no. They predict the scourge that’s already lasted longer than the 1918 flu pandemic will linger far into the future. One reason is that the coronavirus has gotten better and better at getting around immunity from vaccination and past infection.
(Source: Harvard Medical School)
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Charles, the new king of Britain, has issued his first remarks on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, calling her passing after 70 years on the throne “the greatest sadness.”
“The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.
“We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.
“During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which the Queen was so widely held.”
