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Security and Safety

Use technology to monitor social distancing and mask wearing compliance

Video content analytics software within video surveillance systems can assist with safe campus reopenings.

Marquette matches face masks for healthcare students

The Milwaukee university will give a logo-branded face mask to donors who contribute to frontline healthcare training programs and give another mask to a current student.

How 10 colleges are promoting racial healing in their communities and higher ed

A new report that details the ongoing efforts at 10 colleges and universities to break down racial hierarchies and promote racial healing on their campuses and in their communities can help expand racial awareness in higher education overall.

Who Harvard and Princeton will bring back to campus

Harvard University will invite 40% of its students back to campus this fall and continue with online learning, while Princeton brings back half its undergraduates and cuts tuition.

Universities roll out COVID testing as they reopen

Alabama’s public colleges and universities will share in $30 million in CARES Act funding to screen all students for COVID as campuses reopen.

What in-person campus tours look like during COVID

Colleges and universities are inviting prospective students back for campus tours with safeguards such as limited building access and one family at a time.

Tue Jun 30th, 2020

Coaching during COVID-19

Virginia Union University's football coach shares how his team has stayed connected and how they are moving forward, despite the uncertainties of the pandemic and its impact on the fall season.

Mon Jun 29th, 2020

UC San Diego plans to snuff an outbreak before it starts

Students, staff and faculty at UC San Diego will take free coronavirus tests as the school plans to reopen with in-person classes this fall.

Fri Jun 26th, 2020

Are students ready to return to campus in the fall?

Many say yes, but with caveats, found a nationwide survey of college and university students. Their responses can help campus leaders in planning for reopening.
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Thu Jun 25th, 2020

How COVID has disrupted high school graduates’ college plans

Half of high school class of 2020 graduates says coronavirus altered their higher ed plans, with around 30% now planning to work or put off starting college.

Thu Jun 25th, 2020

More surveys ID students’ mental health struggles

Between 75% and 85% of college students are experiencing ongoing stress and anxiety during the coronavirus outbreak and campus closures, according to two surveys of mental health in higher education.
Wed Jun 24th, 2020