The Duke outbreak is a fresh example of the pandemic's ongoing danger, even as daily new Covid-19 cases continue to decline and millions get vaccinated. The outbreak has even reached into the storied men's basketball team, which withdrew from the ACC tournament after a positive case in the program.
A South African student movement plans to shut down the nation’s 26 public universities until the government meets demands including clearing debt and allowing free registration for the 2021 academic year.
Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal that would require universities to return tuition to students for days they were not in class due to the pandemic.
A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in lawsuits brought by students at several Rhode Island universities alleging they were entitled to tuition reimbursement when the schools switched to remote learning last spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Black people were shut out of jobs and educational opportunities at UMass Amherst, one of the state’s largest and most prominent institutions. As a result, the median income for Amherst’s white families is more than two times that of Black families.
"We're all very supportive as university presidents, the legislation that's making its way through the state legislature to criminalize hazing, to make it into a felony under certain circumstances," said Kent State University President Todd Diacon.
UT student athletes galvanized calls for the university to discontinue the use of the song in the summer of 2020 as movements for racial justice and police reform swept the country.
HLC took this action because it determined that the institution is out of compliance with HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation according to the their public disclosure letter.
Campus expenditures in on-campus wireless as well as solutions designed to increase remote access, as long as integrated with strategic vision, are sustainable, long-term, smart investments.
