If colleges owe students refunds, it’s not because of the pandemic
It’s because they’ve abandoned their mission as places of learning
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It’s because they’ve abandoned their mission as places of learning
Liberty University recently came under fire for its decision to allow students to come back to live in their dorms on campus under strict health and safety guidelines, but in reality many universities across the nation have allowed students to do the exact same thing.
Support for single-payer healthcare, also known as Medicare-for-all, is strong across undergraduate and graduate populations. It is also, importantly, popular among pre-med students, who eventually become activist medical students and then activist physicians.
Years after Yik Yak roiled colleges by facilitating unfiltered and sometimes offensive discussions within the geography of the campus, another anonymous social media app is trying to crack the most elite segment of the higher ed market.
It was a moment most college seniors can recall vividly: the email to evacuate campus and prepare for the spring semester online.
Schools may maintain shutdowns through next semester
The eight institutions that make up the Ivy League enjoy endowments totaling $140 billion, yet the federal government has allocated nearly $54 million to the wealthy private schools as part of the recent CARES Act.
In early March 2019, a professor at Clemson University wrapped up his class by telling students they would be discussing a number of LGBTQ-related topics during the next class. He noted that over the years, he had learned it was offensive for heterosexual students to use the word “queer” when referring to LGBTQ students, and counseled straight students not to do so.
The University of Notre Dame, with an endowment of $13.8 billion, said Wednesday it would accept $5.8 million in federal coronavirus aid through the CARES Act.
The board of a nationwide Christian campus ministry recently voted against accepting some $130,000 to $180,000 in federal COVID relief aid for its nonprofit in what its president and CEO called a very difficult — but ultimately unanimous — decision.