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Ohio State Resumes Voluntary Workouts After Stoppage Due to Positive COVID-19 Cases

Ohio State University on Tuesday resumed voluntary athletic workouts after stopping them a week ago when COVID-19 testing of student-athletes showed some positive cases. “Based on the advice of medical professionals and the results of testing on Monday (July 13) of all student-athletes currently in training, The Ohio State University Department of Athletics announced today […]

July 15, 2020

San Antonio College Removes Mascot That Represented ‘Oppressive Force’

San Antonio College has decided to remove its ‘Ranger’ mascot after campus groups campaigned for its removal for more than a year. Advocates for the removal of the mascot said it represented the Texas Rangers who have brutalized Mexican Americans, Native Americans and members of the Black community. “For generations, the Rangers were an oppressive […]

July 15, 2020

Dr. Robert Vela

White House Drops Rule Sending Foreign Students Home if Colleges Go Fully Online in the Fall

The White House on Tuesday agreed to drop the rule that would have sent home foreign students studying at colleges that decide to go fully online in the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported The Wall Street Journal. The agreement, reached at a hearing Tuesday afternoon, settled a lawsuit brought by Harvard University and […]

July 14, 2020

Navigating New Campus Sexual Assault Investigation Rules Will Be Challenging, Say Some Colleges

Whether new federal rules governing how to resolve cases of on-campus sex crimes will, as many critics fear, prompt some victims to stay silent about being assaulted is yet to be shown. Nevertheless, in the lead-up to an Aug. 14 deadline to comply with those regulations, many colleges and universities, as well as attorneys, acknowledge […]

July 14, 2020

Alison Dougherty

How the CIAA Will Keep Student-Athletes and Fans Engaged While Fall Sports Are Suspended

On July 9, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a Division II conference comprising 13 historically Black colleges and universities, announced that NCAA sports competition sponsored by the conference will not take place during the fall of 2020. Now, the association is working on how to keep alumni and fans engaged and excited about their institutions.

July 14, 2020

Jacqie McWilliams

Berkeley City College President Dr. Angélica Garcia Sees Education as ‘Pathway for Liberation’

Normally, when a new college president takes office, there’s a lot of handshaking, sitting in the dining hall with students and getting coffee with faculty members. But not for Dr. Angélica Garcia, president of Berkeley City College. Previously the vice president of student services at Skyline College in San Bruno, Calif., she started her new […]

July 14, 2020

Angelica Garcia

U of Southern California’s Film School to Remove John Wayne Exhibit

The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit on John Wayne after nationwide protests against racism again highlighted some of the actor’s racist comments. The university didn’t specifically say Wayne’s comments are the reason for the removal of the exhibit, which will now be moved to the university’s Cinematic Arts […]

July 14, 2020

Hampton University Suspends Fall Sports

Hampton University said it is suspending fall 2020 sporting events “out of concern for the spread of COVID-19 among our athletes and members of other [university] constituent groups.” Hampton joins other historically Black colleges and universities, Morehouse College, Langston University and Wiley College, in canceling or suspending fall sports due to the pandemic. “Please understand […]

July 14, 2020

Eugene Marshall Jr.

U of Pennsylvania Museum to Remove Cranial Collection After Student Opposition

The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Museum will remove from public view a cranial collection that critics, including student groups, say includes skulls of enslaved people, reported The Daily Pennsylvanian. The Morton Cranial Collection, which includes some 1,000 crania, was the work of Samuel George Morton, whose “research was taken as proof that Europeans, especially those […]

July 14, 2020

Patriot League Cancels Fall Sports Due to COVID-19

The Patriot League has decided it won’t play sports this coming fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy “may continue to engage in competitive opportunities as considered appropriate by their respective Superintendents.” The league said decisions about winter and spring sports competitions will be […]

July 14, 2020

NJCAA Moves Most Fall Sports to Spring 2021

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has moved most fall sports, including football to spring 2021. The NJCAA cross country championships for all three divisions and half marathon championships will remain at their originally scheduled dates in the fall, as will Division III women’s tennis. All winter sports competition will begin in January with […]

July 14, 2020

Tulane University Will Suspend or Expel Students Who Throw Large Parties in the Fall

Tulane University said it will suspend or expel students who host parties or gatherings of more than 15 people when college reopens in the fall. Tulane’s announcement came last week after the institution said it learned that over the July 4 weekend, students in New Orleans hosted large gatherings without any social distancing protocols despite […]

July 14, 2020

Pac-12 Moves to Conference-Only Schedule for Fall Sports

The Pac-12 CEO Group announced that it will schedule conference-only games for the fall season for several Pac-12 sports, including football, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. It will also delay the start of mandatory athletic activities. “The health and safety of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports continues to be […]

July 13, 2020

NESCAC Cancels Sports for Fall 2020

The New England Small College Athletic Conference has canceled its fall sports season. “In keeping with public health guidance, each of our institutions has put in place physical distancing protocols, limits on travel on and off campus, and limits on the size of on-campus gatherings,” said the conference, in a statement. “Consistent with these policies, […]

July 13, 2020

CIAA Suspends NCAA Competition for Fall 2020

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has suspended all NCAA competition for the fall of 2020 due to ongoing safety concerns associated with COVID-19. The association said several member schools are in states experiencing dramatic increases in new COVID-19 cases. This has led to a pause in phased reopening plans in many of these states and […]

July 13, 2020

Jacqie McWilliams

Survey: Many Higher Ed Leaders Concerned About Student Compliance With Social Distancing Protocol

Many colleges and universities are concerned about whether students, especially undergraduates, will follow social distancing protocols when institutions reopen in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said a new EAB survey of 70 institutional leaders. “Enforcing social distancing in classrooms, libraries, and other public spaces won’t be easy, but schools know they will have little […]

July 13, 2020

UT Austin Pitcher Kamron Fields Transfers to HBCU Texas Southern

Inspired by the nationwide anti-racism protests, University of Texas at Austin pitcher Kamron Fields has decided to transfer to the historically Black Texas Southern University. “When I came to campus, my only real goals were to get my degree and put myself in a position to succeed in professional baseball,” Fields tweeted. “With racism, injustice, […]

July 13, 2020

Report Highlights Teacher Recruitment, Diversity Initiatives

To address the ongoing teacher shortages and increase the diversity of the teacher workforce, the state of Mississippi has launched Grow Your Own (GYO) initiatives, according to a New America report.

July 13, 2020

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