Double trouble: How can colleges can prepare for the looming ‘twindemic’?
From mandates to clinics to outreach, strategies vary as institutions plan to deal with the merging of flu season with COVID Read more
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There is now one administrator for every undergrad student at Yale
There are 4,664 undergrads at the Ivy League institution, according to the Yale Facts page. Yet there’s 5,000-plus administrators currently working there, the Yale Daily News reports: Read more
UIC tells students they cannot speak ‘freely like this’ while tabling for conservative group
School officials at the University of Illinois Chicago told a group of TPUSA students last Tuesday that they were not permitted to set up a table on campus without a reservation, and allegedly threatened them with arrest if they did not comply. Read more
Disadvantaged graduates earn half as much as privileged peers in first job
Graduates from poorer backgrounds earn half as much as their more privileged peers in their first job after university because they put themselves forward for fewer roles and lack the family connections and financial support to hunt for top jobs, a survey has shown. Read more
Rooming with Rabbits (and other nonhumans)
Institutions with pet-friendly policies are seeing an uptick in students bringing dogs, cats, hamsters, reptiles and more to campus. Students say the animals help them cope with anxiety and stress. Read more
New documentary sheds light on ‘unscrupulous villains’ in student loan industry
Personal finance expert and radio host Dave Ramsey has helped people get out of debt and save for retirement and his new documentary takes a closer look at the student loan industry and how Americans are affected by it. Read more
Parents told they may face police action as teachers targeted on TikTok
Teachers are being targeted by abusive and humiliating TikTok accounts set up by students, prompting a warning from schools that parents may face police action over offending posts. Read more
Google is racist, according to UMN research guide
University of Minnesota hosts a guide on its website for 'Conducting research through an anti-racism lens.' Read more
Relieving the Verification Burden
FAFSA verification is a process that can be a burden on both students and institutions. College access advisers and financial aid administrators say data sharing and changing how the Education Department selects students for verification could go a long way in providing relief. Read more
Millions of college students use Chegg, which professors say enables cheating—and possibly blackmail
An apparent good Samaritan had bad news for math professor Juan Gutiérrez: One of his students cheated on an exam. Read more
