Prof tells students to ‘stop’ doing their work: ‘A’s for every student’
Some students are will be getting As this semester, not in spite of coronavirus but because of it.
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Colleges deny using facial recognition technology after high-profile academics shame them
More than 150 academics, scholars and tenured faculty from colleges across the country have signed an open letter that names and shames colleges for using facial recognition technology on campus.
Privacy and the online pivot
Colleges are scrambling to move courses online. But with those changes come concerns over privacy and surveillance.
Radio listening booms while music streaming stalls
People staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic appear to be listening to more radio rather than music apps, figures suggest.
29 free higher ed resources during coronavirus pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, solution providers are offering colleges and universities resources, services and teaching materials at no charge
State orders force remaining colleges to shutter accross the country
While many colleges and universities accross the country closed voluntarily, state orders are now requiring the stragglers to close up.
‘Go home’ advice causing confusion among stranded students
The coronavirus will have a ‘massive effect’ on the international student market, and UK universities need to be clearer about their guidance and support for those students, experts have warned
States urge appeals court to hold University of Iowa accountable for religious discrimination
Fifteen states are ganging up on Iowa to demand that it protect the constitutional rights of students, even those who uphold biblical sexuality.
University libraries, computer labs ordered to close
Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan announced Saturday an administrative order mandating the indefinite closure of all municipal, county and state public libraries – in addition to all libraries and computer labs at public and private colleges and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus: Minecraft offers free lessons to children
Minecraft is making its educational worlds available free, to help pupils no longer able to attend school because of the coronavirus pandemic.
