Move-in can be a stressful experience for higher education students, especially those who are arriving on campus for the first time. That will be heightened this year when doors to residence halls and dorms are reopened in August and September.
The U.S.-China trade war in 2018 could stem the flow of international students, costing colleges and universities more than $1 billion in lost tuition revenue, a new study has found.
College and universities offer their own students and those from other institutions an online year to make up for limited travel and internship opportunities.
Universities are pursuing the possibility of housing students in hotels this fall during the pandemic. Northwestern University began exploring this option in April for housing those infected with COVID-19 rather than allow them to stay in residential halls.
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.
Yale University wants all students back for the 2020-21 academic year but first-year students can only attend the first semester while sophomores can return for the second.
Colleges and universities are inviting prospective students back for campus tours with safeguards such as limited building access and one family at a time.
College students have turned to social media not to cut themselves off from current events, but to seek connections that boost mental health during this age of coronavirus-induced anxiety and isolation.
Laramie County Community College recently worked with local officials to receive special dispensation from the state of Wyoming so students could finish their workforce development training and courses in the health care and construction industries during the COVID era.
Student satisfaction, health and safety, and revenue play roles as colleges plan fall 2020 residence hall operations under the specter of the coronavirus.
