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CUNY reverses its policy on withholding transcripts over unpaid bills

Citing financial burdens from the pandemic, CUNY temporarily suspends a policy that prevented students from transferring or seeking jobs that require a transcript.

Quinnipiac University will have Wi-Fi restrictions for unvaccinated students

The university will also fine students weekly for failing to provide their vaccine documentation, for a maximum of $2,275 for the semester, according to the email.

Yik Yak, the anonymous app that tested free speech, is back

After a four-year break, Yik Yak, the once-popular anonymous messaging app blamed for cyberbullying and hate speech, is back.

China axes hundreds of joint courses with foreign universities

The canceled courses included a bachelor's degree in mechanical design and automation run by Harbin University of Science and Technology and London's City University, as well as a social work courses run by East China Normal University and New York University.

University of Kentucky tries to stop state’s ‘Team Kentucky’ slogan

The university is arguing that consumers looking at any sort of clothing with the "Team Kentucky" trademark will mistakenly think it is sold by the university instead of state government, thereby hurting the former's sales.

Philly issues new mandates on health care, higher ed

Health care workers, college students and staff will either have to be fully vaccinated or wear double masks indoors, maintain social distancing and undergo COVID testing at least once a week. 

Philosophy professor resigns to protest university’s COVID-19 plan

Jeremy Fischer, who until yesterday was a tenured associate professor of philosophy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), resigned from his position to protest his university’s COVID-19 policies for the coming term.

NASA makes big research investments at several universities to boost STEM diversity (subscription)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced it will be funding research projects - totaling about $18 million - at several Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority-Serving Institutions.

U.S. universities face another school year of too few Chinese students

The decline appears especially pronounced given that U.S. colleges got a 9% boost in applications from international students in this cycle compared with the previous one.

Washington State University to limit exemptions when FDA approves COVID-19 vaccine

The news comes after the school’s head football coach, Nick Rolovich, made national news last month when he tweeted he would not be going in person to Pac-12 media day because of his decision to not get vaccinated.

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