Germany opts to keep teaching online to avoid spreading Covid
Denmark and Switzerland holding more in-person classes
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Mich. students demand annual race audits of faculty demographics
A letter to WMU demanded mandatory anti-racism training and more resources for promotions of Black employees.
Who should regional public universities serve?
The coronavirus crisis has hurt colleges everywhere. But for schools like Ohio University — nonflagship public campuses in Ohio and across the Midwest that were already struggling — it has hastened a reckoning.
Northwestern University has taken more than $340 million from just one Middle Eastern country
Northwestern University has received hundreds of millions of dollars in donations from the Middle Eastern country of Qatar and a controversial foundation that Qatar controls that has been accused of supporting terrorist activity.
A-levels: Ofqual’s ‘cheating’ algorithm under review
The national statistics regulator is stepping in to review the algorithm used by Ofqual to decide A-level grades for students who could not sit exams.
Some Asian Universities Shutter Campuses
Universities abandon plans to open campuses.
Michigan State, Notre Dame Back Off From Fall Reopening Plans
Notre Dame suspends in-person classes for two weeks amid rising case counts. Michigan State calls off in-person instruction for the fall, less than two weeks before students were to return to campus.
The 5 states where community colleges earn high marks
Education experts also weight in key topics including free tuition and the impact of COVID-19 in WalletHub study
U. of Iowa groups demand black professors be given priority to teach some literature classes
An open letter to the University of Iowa president on behalf of student groups that interact with the school’s English department demands that black professors be given priority to teach certain literature classes.
Can Germany’s renowned vocational education system be exported?
English ministers advised to start looking at key features like partnership with employers rather than using German system as ‘trademark’
