Leaders at The George Washington University in the nation's capital are focused on two key areas—academic planning an operations—as they prepare to bring students and faculty back to campus.
University and college fundraising could drop dramatically to or below levels experienced during the Great Recession, as a result of complications relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rather than focusing solely on "opening," university leaders should think about access and equity–how to remove the obstacles students will face upon returning to campus.
Federal emergency student grants provided by the CARES Act will no longer be limited to students who receive Title IV aid, the Department of Education announced late on Thursday.
Mid-pandemic, the ED weighed in on controversial new requirements for reporting college and university foreign gifts and contracts. UB guest columnists Anne D. Cartwright and Scott Schneider provide background and advice for higher ed institutions.
Nearly all colleges and universities are expecting declines in international student enrollment in the fall, while travel restrictions keep study abroad programs for U.S. students dormant.
Communication is key to keeping them motivated and supported for the seasons that we know will return, even if we don't have a start date, say UB guest columnists Jessica Mannetti and Mark Nofri, coaches at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.
Coronavirus testing, antibody testing, contact tracing and isolating those who fail are all key parts of the fall 2020 plans at colleges and universities determined to open.
Though sedentary behavior and screen time raise cause for concern, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, experts agree that setting too many boundaries for students can lead to negative outcomes.
Universities that have refunded less than 100 percent due to COVID-19 closures face the prospect of class actions, say UB guest columnists Hyongsoon Kim, Molly Whitman, Robert Pees and Anthony Pierce of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Some have been filed; more are a certainty. Here's why.
