A Double Whammy for Student Parents
Vulnerable students are being hit hard by the changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Student parents are affected two times over, as both they and their children scramble to start learning online.
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Governments have ‘responsibility’ to help reimburse students
An unheeded call for tuition fee refunds in Hong Kong echoes concerns around the world
U.S. companies roll out programs to help students transition to remote learning
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to shut down normal life across the globe, college students are facing the difficult challenge of an unplanned trip home and the move to virtual learning.
Liberty University Brings Back Its Students, and Coronavirus Fears, Too
The decision by the school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., to partly reopen his evangelical university enraged residents of Lynchburg, Va. Then students started getting sick.
Empty Benches at Empty Lab Tables
An unprecedented shutdown of academic research underway on many campuses has implications for young investigators still building careers in their fields.
Peyton Manning crashes an online class at the University of Tennessee
You never know who might show up to class
Concerns mount over consequences of relaxed grading for law students
Law schools are seeking to level the academic playing field as classes move online.
UW-Madison publicly denounces ‘anti-China’ chalkings amid deadly pandemic
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Asian American Studies Program denounced chalkings found on campus.
Public university opens girls-only STEM camp to boys to resolve Title IX investigation
Grand Valley State University opened its STEM summer camp for girls to all students in order to resolve a Title IX complaint filed by a professor at another university.
Virtual Thesis Defense
Ph.D. students defending their dissertations must do so remotely right now. Could videoconference defenses become the new normal?
