$750 fees, denied access: How colleges are dealing with unvaccinated students
Some without mandates are trying unique tactics. Read more
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‘Gag Order’ on Mask and Vax Speech
University of Iowa said professors could only talk to students about face masks and vaccinations in course-related discussions about health. Faculty advocates said no way. Read more
A-level and GCSE results show pandemic has widened inequality
Comprehensives doubled proportion of top A-level grades but in absolute terms they still fell further behind Read more
USA governed by international law? Yale prof explains his proposed constitutional amendment.
'Campus Reform' interviewed a Yale professor who recently advocated for enshrining international law into the Constitution. Read more
Professor specializing in black feminist ‘ghosts’ opposes prison tours because it makes inmates feel ‘embarrassed’
A University of Massachusetts Dartmouth criminology professor who once authored an academic paper on “Black Feminist Hauntology” said she believes students should not be allowed to take field trips to prisons as it might “harm” prisoners. Read more
‘Our House Is on Fire’
Louisiana State University faculty and staff object to returning to a crowded campus and classrooms without a vaccine mandate as the state struggles with COVID. Read more
College textbooks: The final blow of higher education’s affordability crisis
For many college students, paying for tuition is already financially challenging. A survey done by Barnes and Noble College Insights found that 85% of respondents said that paying for higher education for the 2021-2022 school year will be challenging. Read more
Texas For-Profit Suspends Enrollment and Furloughs Employees
Vista College, a for-profit institution in Texas issued a company-wide suspension of in-person enrollment and furloughed employees across all its seven campuses in the state Read more
Record number of school leavers in England snap up university places
Number of students accepting a place outstrips last year, with some taking up gaps left by fall in EU applications Read more
Students at Utah universities priced out of housing
Property manager Derek Morton calls his local housing market in Cedar City, Utah, “Insanity.” Read more
