Nationwide, 6.6 million students can’t obtain their transcripts from public and private colleges and universities for having unpaid bills as low as $25 or less, the higher education consulting firm Ithaka S+R estimates.
A study from Imperial College London found a near-200% increase in questions and answers posted to Chegg’s homework help section between April and August 2020.
“If you are a parent of a high school senior who’s thinking of sending their son or daughter to one of these universities and you hear they could be dissolved next year, what does that do to enrollment,” said Jamie Martin, the president of the state system’s faculty union.
A plaque at Wheaton College that referred to Indigenous people as “savages” has been removed after students and staff expressed concern about the language, according to a letter to students and staff from the college’s president.
Proponents of the bill have suggested that campuses have fostered environments where liberal ideology is allowed to flourish at the expense of conservative views.
North Carolina health officials released a statement saying college students who live on campus or in other congregate settings will be able to receive starting on April 7, regardless of their age, health condition or employment status.
COVID-19 exacerbated years of financial hardship, forcing the Oakland women’s college to stop admitting students after fall 2021 and discontinue as a stand-alone liberal arts institution.
The new president of a Florida Christian college wanted to make sure students who contracted COVID-19 were emotionally well and getting any help they need.
Native, Asian, Latino and Black graduations are listed as options where students can register, as well as a Lavender graduation for the LGBTQ community, and a ceremony for first-generation and low-income students.
For institutions with a dual mission — that is, colleges or universities that offer a mix of certificate and two-year programs as well as four-year degrees — there is no single category in the Carnegie system that reflects their unique and emerging position
The data divides students into quintiles based on the deprivation of the areas they grew up in, and has shown that Cambridge’s admission of students from the richest quintile decreased from 41.2% to 36.7% in 2019-2020.
Campus health efforts have hit a major roadblock: The rise of online classes means students can now do college from anywhere — even next to a pool with palm trees gently swaying in the background.
The pandemic has extinguished or severely limited traditional networking opportunities – conferences, research workshops and seminars and in-person collaborative visits – that are especially important for beginning researchers.
