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UC San Diego to Start Mass Testing of Staff and Students for COVID-19

The University of California San Diego will next week begin mass testing of students, faculty and staff for COVID-19 under a ‘Return to Learn’ program the institution hopes to extend to the fall if it reopens as planned, it said in a statement. CBS 8 called the program the first such plan on campus in […]

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Dallas County Community Colleges to Remain Online for Most Classes in the Fall

Colleges in the Dallas County Community College District will remain online for most classes through the fall semester in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the county body said in a statement. The decision has been taken to “to protect students, faculty and staff,” because if they opened for on-campus instruction, they would have to individually […]

Top Higher Ed Groups Create New DACA Resources Website

Several influential higher education groups have created a new website, ‘Remember the Dreamers’, that will provide information and resources for students and institutions on what efforts are being made to help Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, students. Many of these students are also called ‘Dreamers’, after the Development, Relief and Education for Alien […]

Historically Black Lincoln University Declares ‘Financial Exigency’

Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Missouri, has declared ‘financial exigency,’ reported the News Tribune. According to a Forbes article from March, “declaring financial exigency is a doomsday scenario to be used only by institutions facing such imminent and severe financial circumstances that the survival of the institution as a whole is threatened.” Lincoln […]

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Maryland Gov. Vetoes Bill Allotting $577 Million to Four State HBCUs

Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have allotted $577 million to the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the course of 10 years, reported The Washington Post. The passage of the bill would likely have settled a 2006 federal lawsuit. Hogan cited the economic uncertainty created […]

U of Tennessee System Plans for In-Person Fall Classes on All Campuses

The University of Tennessee system is planning for in-person classes on all campuses this coming fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, reported WATE. “If the outside conditions change, if local or state governments change directions, then we will have to reevaluate, but we are planning on classes in the fall,” said university president Randy Boyd. He […]

Dr. Alyce Gullattee, Oldest Professor at Howard U, Dies After COVID-19 Diagnosis

Dr. Alyce Gullattee, a professor of psychiatry at Howard University’s College of Medicine and the institution’s oldest faculty member, died last week after testing positive for COVID-19, reported The Washington Post. She was 91. Dr. Gullattee, who was a faculty member at Howard for more than 50 years, was a pioneering psychiatrist and civil rights […]

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California Higher Ed Leaders Call for Emergency Aid for DACA Students

Higher education advocates in California wrote to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday calling for the utilization of state and federal relief funds to provide emergency financial aid during the COVID-19 pandemic for more than 82,000 low-income California college students, including nearly 12,000 undocumented students supported by the California Dream Act. They also called for a […]

After COVID-19, Sharp Drop in Lowest-Income FAFSA Renewals for 2020-2021

New data shows there has been a sharp drop in FAFSA renewals from lowest-income students as well as overall for the 2020-2021 cycle compared with the year-ago period, suggesting the coronavirus pandemic might impact fall enrollments, said the National College Attainment Network, in a statement Wednesday. The network analyzed federal data showing FAFSA completions from […]

Several HBCUs Say They Need Additional Funding to Upgrade Technology for Online Shift

Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this week said they need additional federal funding during the pandemic to bridge the digital divide their institutions’ students face and to shore up technology to conduct online classes, reported BroadbandBreakfast and the Montgomery Advertiser. At a discussion Monday, hosted by the Federal Communications Commission, many HBCU college […]

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Saint Augustine’s to Form First HBCU Cycling Team

Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina will become the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to have its own competitive cycling team, reported the Atlanta Black Star. The coed team – coached by Augustine’s Umar Muhammad and Dr. Mark Janas – will compete at the club level in the Atlantic Conference, which is […]

U System of Georgia Denies Students Pass-Fail Option for Spring Semester

College students and parents have been asking the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to adopt an optional pass-fail grading system this spring semester in consideration of the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The system’s answer, however, has been and remains a resolute “no,” according to USA Today. While many U.S. colleges and […]

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