HEERF Grant
David C. Yen, Ph.D. DEAN JHJ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
T he Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund III (HEERF III) is authorized by the American Rescue Plan (ARP), Public Law 117-2, signed into law on March 11, 2021, providing $39.6 billion in support to institutions of higher education to serve students and ensure learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over several semesters we met with groups chosen to explore particular Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Public Law 116-260 and the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Public Law 116-136. Emergency funds available to institutions and their students from all emergency funding sources total $76.2 billion (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/ list/ope/arp.html). The Jesse H. Jones School of Business (JHJ School of Business) submitted a project to employ information technology for developing a large flexible lab/ classroom space in the JHJ School of Business building for alternative modes of instruction to teach subjects, such as cyber security, identity theft, social commerce, IT auditing, and IT governance/control; and conduct other related academic and curricular activities including workshops, digital seminars, and teleconferencing in the aforementioned subject areas to enhance remote distance learning. This initiative allows the JHJ School of Business to provide in-person instruction to the business students in an environment in which students can be adequately trained for COVID safe learning and hence, improve and sustain the learning outcomes given emerging digital advancement. This initiative also allows the School of Business to provide alternative modes of instruction should an uptick in COVID cases necessitate remote and/or hybrid learning. In addition, related instruction and subject areas can be taught using the modern technology and equipment to benefit other disciplines including computer sciences, communications, marketing, and computing technology/management.
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