University of Georgia rejects students’ calls for lax grading: ‘Reach higher, not lower’
The University System of Georgia is denying students the option for pass/fail grading this semester because of the coronavirus.
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The ‘public’ in public college could be endangered
Since the Great Recession, states have taken drastically different approaches to funding colleges. The pandemic poses an even bigger challenge.
Google ends plans for smart city in Toronto
Google's sister firm Sidewalk Labs has scrapped a plan to build a smart city in Canada, citing complications caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Citing theft, spying and propaganda, GOP lawmakers probe China’s ‘infiltration’ of U.S. colleges
'We cannot allow a dangerous communist regime to buy access to our institutions of higher education’
College athletics making strides to boost mental health
Bryan Cupito experienced athletic failure for the first time in his life as a starting quarterback for the Gophers football team in 2004.
Free speech experts slam ‘vague’ policy policing student social media activity
Free speech experts say that more often than not, ambiguous wording in campus speech policies is what leaves students' free speech rights vulnerable.
Zoom tackles hackers with new security measures
Zoom is implementing new security measures as it battles to prevent hackers from "zoombombing" video calls.
U.S. Publishes New Regulations on Campus Sexual Assault
Colleges and universities that receive federal funding must be in compliance with new rules by Aug. 14. The regulations rebalance "scales of justice," Education Department says.
US textbook publisher merger collapses, pleasing colleges
Academic publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage have abandoned their planned merger, cheering university groups that feared it would bring even higher textbook prices and slower moves toward digital alternatives.
Ohio U. cuts gender, African-American studies instructors to handle COVID shortfall
Facing an estimated $30 million shortfall due to the coronavirus epidemic, Ohio University this week laid off 140 unionized staff members, plus three faculty members in the African American Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies departments.
