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Report Says Regulators Can Do More to Anticipate College Closures

In many cases, state regulators have either failed to recognize warning signs or taken early action to prevent school closures, according to new research.

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Due to COVID-19, NCAA Extends Spring Sports Eligibility, Scholarships

As COVID-19 cuts short athletic seasons at colleges across the country, the Division I Council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced yesterday that it will allow spring sports student athletes an additional season of competition and an extension of their period of eligibility. The council said it would not extend an extra year […]

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Pennsylvania State Universities, UW-Madison Anticipate $100 Million Coronavirus Loss Each

Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities collectively estimate $100 million in losses due to room and board refunds to students, necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, reported Penn Live. And University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) alone expects losing the same amount, also due to room and board refunds and parking permit reimbursements, reported the Wisconsin State Journal. A Pennsylvania […]

Ascendium Partially Halts Collection on Defaulted Student Loans For 60 Days

Ascendium, a nonprofit loan guarantor, said in a statement yesterday it is partially halting collection on all defaulted student loans in its portfolio, effective March 26 for at least 60 days. The move follows a March 25 announcement by the Department of Education, which instituted similar relief for federal student loan borrowers to alleviate the […]

First Come, First Served: Older Adults and Lessons from a Global Pandemic

Italy and China provide invaluable lessons. Italy’s overwhelmed healthcare system applied a triage strategy that prioritized its young persons. We submit that now is the time to prioritize our older adults before it is too late.

After Campus Reopens, at Least One Liberty U Student Tests Positive for COVID-19

Last week, in the face of widespread criticism, nearly 1,900 students were allowed to return to Liberty University after spring break, and now at least one of those students has tested positive for COVID-19, reported The New York Times. The physician who runs Liberty’s student health service told the Times that after 11 Liberty students […]

Notre Dame Student Removed From Program After Racist Coronavirus Posts

A postdoctoral student at the University of Notre Dame has been terminated from her program after she wrote racist posts on Facebook blaming Chinese students for the spread of the coronavirus, reported campus newspaper, The Observer. Kathryn Ralph, a sixth-year student at the university, posted statements on her Facebook page last Wednesday, saying Chinese students […]

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Online University Opens Up Courses to Colleges Struggling With Remote Education

University of the People – a tuition-free, non-profit online university – has offered to open up its courses to colleges as they scramble to move classes online in response to the coronavirus.

Higher Ed Institutions Lay Off Workers, Tighten Budgets Amid Coronavirus Crisis

As college faculty and administrators slide into their slippers and prepare to work online, other campus workers who can’t carry out their duties remotely – namely members of dining, housing and maintenance operations – face layoffs as various institutions across the country are reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Message to Educators: Hygiene, Hand Washing, and Cultural Considerations Before, During, and After Health Crises

Like medical and mental health professionals, educators who are ignorant and incompetent relative to culture (especially those other than their own) can and have been harmful by contributing to school-based racialized trauma. ‘Do no harm’ must not be tossed aside like old news and discarded like trash when teaching, counseling, and delivering other health services. Doing so is a disgrace to the education profession and an affront to Black and other culturally different students, families, and communities.

UW-Madison Says Racist Behaviors, Stereotyping, ‘Are Not Tolerated’

After racist, anti-Chinese graffiti appeared on University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus earlier this week, the university on Thursday issued a statement saying racist behaviors “are not tolerated” at the institution, reported Wisconsin State Journal. The graffiti targeted people from or perceived to be from China and East Asia, and blamed China for the coronavirus, calling it […]

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Yale University Press Makes Digital Textbooks Temporarily Free For All Students

Yale University Press (YUP) has made its ebooks and digital textbooks free for all students until the end of the semester to help them transition to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic, reported Yale News. “This is a challenging period for students as they finish their courses remotely without access to library stacks or textbooks […]

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