Trump Signals Aid for Student Loan Borrowers
In a tweet, the president said he might use his executive powers to provide relief.
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How about using a digital avatar on a virtual campus?
If video chats have gotten you through COVID and online learning so far, you might consider creating a digital avatar to meet virtually with colleagues or teach remote classes.
Provost reprimanded for using word ‘mantra,’ cited as biased against Buddhists
In November of last year, University of Washington Provost Mark Richards sent a campuswide email to rally students and faculty to support his mission.
Yale enrollment down 20 percent after moving online
One-fifth of Yale students will not enroll for the fall semester.
Students suspended after sharing photos of packed hallways at Georgia high school
According to BuzzFeed News, two students at a Georgia high school say they were suspended after they posted photos and videos of crowded hallways at their school to social media.
Student compliance with social distancing: Ways to encourage and enforce
An EAB survey reveals university leaders are concerned students will not social distance.
Research relevant to China ‘cast aside in race for citations’
Social scientists should be judged on their impact, while journals should make room for under-represented voices, say academics
Economics professor barred from teaching class critical of Marxism to student body
‘If faculty want to preach that Marxism is a triumph of human thought, so be it. If other faculty want to argue that actually it was a disaster, and a crime against humanity, this view should no longer be fanatically censored’
California students call to remove Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher busts
A petition calls for Chapman University to remove busts of conservative icons.
Extra tuition-free time on Campus
Two colleges -- St. Norbert College and Pacific Lutheran University -- will offer students an extra term or two without charge. The programs aim to make up for subpar on-campus experiences amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
