A new study by four legal scholars has provided some of the first empirical evidence in support of the diversity rationale for affirmative action in higher education.
With time of the essence - as the end of semester nears and the fall semester looms - institutions are doing their part in trying to get their populations vaccinated.
Nova Southeastern University, Cornell University, and Roger Williams College in Rhode Island joined Rutgers in requiring students to be vaccinated for the fall term. Many other colleges and universities continue to take a more guarded approach to mandating vaccinations.
If a hurricane was a one-to-one model for a pandemic, things would have largely returned to normal about six months after the pivot to online learning. But a pandemic has more staying power.
The private university has embraced its mission to serve all students in Chicago, particularly those from the Latinx community, and its enrollment and retention numbers underscore that commitment.
