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Security and Safety

Keeping university and college micro-communities safe from COVID-19

A free dashboard resource is fueling proactive, data-driven decision-making for a safer return to campus.

Does your college’s COVID-19 dashboard make the grade?

A team of university leaders are not only giving out grades for pandemic sites but urging institutions to share information to help communities across the U.S.

First 2 weeks critical to stem college COVID-19 outbreaks

Stanford University researchers say superspreader events that extend beyond campus can occur, though institutions did well to mitigate them in the fall.

Digital self-harm: What is it and could it be on rise?

The behavior is being red-flagged by researchers from Florida International and others whose studies show it occurring among students.

Study offers 7 ways to reach most at-risk college students

Research from North Carolina State and Clemson show the disparities among various groups around mental health impacts during the pandemic and how institutions can help.

Universities extend employee emergency leave for COVID-19

The University of Alabama is allowing its staff, faculty and student workers to receive benefits beyond the expiration of the national program that ended in December.
Mon Jan 11th, 2021

CDC: Big in-person universities fueled county COVID spikes last fall

In a new study, the Centers for Disease Control notes higher incidences of the virus in counties during fall 2020 reopening than at those that remained remote.

Fri Jan 8th, 2021

NCAA to host entire ‘March Madness’ event in Indiana

Purdue, Butler and Indiana are among the universities that will help host the marquee men's basketball tournament.
Mon Jan 4th, 2021

ACHA recommends twice weekly tests, a plan for vaccines

The American College Health Association is pressing the CDC for a late-spring rollout of vaccination among students.
Mon Jan 4th, 2021

How one Florida college saved $6M on energy costs

Northwest Florida State College's sustainability efforts can serve as a model for others looking to cut consumption and spending.
Sun Jan 3rd, 2021

Congress approves $22.7 billion in relief for higher education

HBCUs have debt erased, while the new stimulus deal expands the Pell grant recipient pool and improves the FAFSA application process.
Tue Dec 22nd, 2020