Tag: Fall 2020

Sports

East Coast Conference Suspends All Intercollegiate Competition During the Fall

The East Coast Conference has decided to suspend all intercollegiate competition during the fall 2020 semester due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The events affected by the cancellation are men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball. Women’s tennis has already been moved to the spring […]

July 20, 2020

COVID-19

Eastern Michigan U Guarantees a Single Room for Students in the Fall Semester

In response to parents’ and students’ concerns about safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, Eastern Michigan University said it will guarantee a single room without a roommate, at a slightly reduced rate, for every student who requests one in the fall semester. “Reacting to concerns about physical distancing and creating safe spaces related to COVID-19, Eastern […]

June 11, 2020

COVID-19

Decline in Spring College Enrollment Slowed Prior to COVID-19, Says Report

Data gathered prior to the impact of COVID-19 shows there was a decrease in postsecondary enrollment in spring 2020 but the pace of decline slowed compared to the previous four years, says a report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

June 8, 2020

COVID-19

Boston U Students Can Choose Remote or In-Person Classes in Fall 2020

This fall, undergraduate students at Boston University (BU) can choose whether to attend classes in person or virtually under a new hybrid teaching format the university is calling “Learn from Anywhere” (LfA), reported BU Today. The format aims to provide the same academic content and classroom discussion to all students, regardless of whether they are […]

June 1, 2020

COVID-19

Manchester U to Waive Tuition for Some Indiana Fall 2020 Freshmen

Manchester University will offer four years of free tuition to fall 2020 freshman students from Indiana who meet certain financial criteria, in an effort to help those facing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the institution said in a statement. To be eligible for the tuition waiver, Indiana students must be from families that […]

May 27, 2020

COVID-19

Many Massachusetts Colleges Uncertain About Robust COVID-19 Testing on Campus

Many Massachusetts colleges are uncertain they will be able to put robust COVID-19 testing mechanisms in place on their campuses if and when they reopen for fall 2020, reported The Boston Globe. An advisory group of a dozen Massachusetts college presidents, set up by Gov. Charlie Baker, conducted a survey of nearly 90 campus leaders to […]

May 27, 2020

COVID-19

Some Colleges Are Already Planning for the Next Wave of COVID-19

Even as many colleges are still struggling to figure out what the beginning of the new academic year will look like, a few have made public schedules for the next semester which already account for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall, which epidemiologists have said is more or less inevitable.

May 21, 2020

COVID-19

U of California Anticipates Most Campuses Will Operate in Hybrid Mode for Fall 2020

University of California (UC) president Janet Napolitano said on Wednesday that “every campus will be open and offering instruction” this coming fall but added that she “anticipates that most, if not all of our campuses, will operate in some kind of hybrid mode,” reported The Mercury News. A hybrid mode entails some in-person instruction and some […]

May 21, 2020

COVID-19

California Community Colleges May Also Stay Online in Fall 2020

California’s 115 community colleges may stay online this coming fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which means 2.1 million students at these institutions will stay home, reported Cal Matters. Already, the California State University system has announced it will only have an online fall. And the University of California also reportedly said none of its […]

May 19, 2020

COVID-19

Harvard Med School: Remote Instruction Only for Fall 2020’s Entering Classes

Harvard Medical School has decided that there will be remote instruction only for the entering classes in fall 2020 and for the school-directed external education programs that would have been held on campus. In a statement Wednesday, the school said it hopes to be able to hold in-person research and clinical training for returning medical […]

May 14, 2020

COVID-19

Poll: 65% of Students Would Attend In-Person Classes Even Without Vaccine

A majority of students would attend in-person classes if colleges and universities reopened as normal for fall 2020 even without the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new poll by Axios/College Reaction. The poll also showed that 81% of students said their college must reduce tuition by at least 5%. The poll surveyed […]

May 14, 2020

COVID-19

Sen. Lamar Alexander: “I Would Be Planning on Going Back to School” in the Fall

Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said that if he were president of a university today, he “would be planning on going back to school” in the fall. The Tennessee Senator, who on Sunday said COVID-19 testing levels are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August, told Fox News on Wednesday […]

May 14, 2020