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HBCUs are getting high student compliance with social distancing and mask wearing and are reporting lower coronavirus infection rates.
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Oxford Experiments With Affirmative Action in Ph.D. Admissions
University will examine socioeconomic background of applicants -- and won't see names and genders.
‘University of California Admissions Disgrace’
New revelations emerge about attempts to get students into Berkeley.
Innovators seek Zoom University 2.0
Frustrated with Zoom's instructional limitations, developers and entrepreneurs take matters into their own hands.
House Democrats Drop Canceling Student Loans
House Democratic leaders dropped the idea of canceling up to $10,000 in student debt for economically distressed borrowers in their scaled-down $2.2 trillion proposal for a new stimulus package.
Carnegie Mellon Makes Global Goals Local
The university conducts a review of how its teaching, research and practices are aligned with United Nations-adopted sustainable development goals.
NYU Settles Anti-Semitism Case
New York University agreed to take a number of actions to settle the first civil rights probe under Trump's anti-Semitism executive order. But some see risk to free expression on campus.
Students at Risk Without Obamacare
Whether the Supreme Court will invalidate the Affordable Care Act is unclear, but the prospect of the law's end is causing worry.
U of Tennessee to Hold In-Person Graduation
On Friday, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville announced it is planning to hold in-person graduation ceremonies in November, before Thanksgiving break
Diversity Work, Interrupted
Some institutions have begun to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion programs in response to a Trump order. Critics say the order is censorship.
