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News Roundup
U of Michigan Students Offer Free, Online Tutoring to Struggling K-12 Students
University of Michigan students have created a free online tutoring service, called MiTutor, as a way to volunteer their time and help struggling K-12 students from low-income families, reports Michigan Live. “We all know that lower-income families have been hit harder than anyone by the pandemic,” said Alina Bardwell, a UM sophomore who came up […]
January 8, 2021
African-American
North Carolina HBCU Launches First Graduate Program in Its 154-Year History
An historically Black university in North Carolina, Saint Augustine’s University, has launched a graduate program for the first time in its 154-year history, announced the school Wednesday. The fully online program will offer a Master of Public Administration (MPA) designed to prepare career professionals to serve as public administrators, public managers and policy analysts who […]
January 7, 2021
COVID-19
Hampton University to Remain Online in Spring 2021
Classes at the historically Black Hampton University will remain online in spring 2021 due to considerations of the COVID-19 pandemic, 13NewsNow reported. “With the cases spiking on college and university campuses, including HBCUs, and in a majority of the states, we have determined that it is in the best interest of the entire Hampton University community […]
October 21, 2020
COVID-19
UNC at Chapel Hill Moves Online After 130 Students Test Positive for COVID-19
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reversed its decision to hold in-person classes after about 130 students tested positive for COVID-19 in the first week of fall classes, reports CNN. According to UNC’s COVID-19 dashboard, the percentage of positive cases rose from 2.8% to 13.6% between the weeks of Aug. 3 and […]
August 18, 2020
International
ICE: Foreign Students At Schools Switching Fully Online Must Leave US
On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that international students whose institutions are switching to online-only courses this fall semester must leave the country; otherwise, they risk violating their student visa status, The Hill reported. Previously, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) — or the ICE-directed organization that determines student visa rules — […]
July 6, 2020
Native Americans
The Navajo Nation Hit the Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in the Country. What Does That Mean for Its Tribal College?
The Navajo Nation now has the highest per capita coronavirus infection rate in the country, surpassing New York and New Jersey, with 4,842 cases and 158 coronavirus deaths as of May 27, according to the Navajo Department of Health. The tribe is in an official state of emergency. What does that mean for Diné College, a tribal college serving Navajo students?
June 1, 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
As U.S. Schools Face Difficult Choice, Cambridge U Goes Fully Online Until Summer 2021
While U.S. institutions debate whether to open campus for in-person instruction, remain fully online or adopt a hybrid of the two this coming fall, across the pond, Cambridge University has announced all of its lectures will be online-only until summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported the BBC. “Given that it is likely that […]
May 20, 2020
LGBTQ+
Virtual ‘Lavender Graduation’ for LGBTQ+ Graduates on May 23
Campus Pride and PFLAG, organizations dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) people, will host a free, online “Lavender Graduation” — a ceremony honoring the achievements of LGBTQ+ students and ally graduates — on May 23. The national commencement will be livestreamed at 3 p.m. EDT and 12 p.m. PST at CampusPride.org/2020 […]
May 14, 2020
COVID-19
None of the U of California Campuses May Fully Reopen This Fall
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, none of the campuses of the University of California (UC) system may fully reopen this fall, a spokesperson told two separate publications. On Tuesday, the California State University system said its classes will be primarily online this coming fall. If UC decides similarly, it would mean the two systems’ nearly […]
May 13, 2020
News Roundup
California State University System’s Fall 2020 Will Be Mainly Online
The California State University system’s classes will be mainly online this coming fall, reported the Los Feliz Ledger. The system’s chancellor Timothy White said the reason for staying mostly online is that experts predict another wave of COVID-19 cases later in the year. He said there will be some exceptions for parts of courses that […]
May 12, 2020
Community Colleges
Dallas County Community Colleges to Remain Online for Most Classes in the Fall
Colleges in the Dallas County Community College District will remain online for most classes through the fall semester in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the county body said in a statement. The decision has been taken to “to protect students, faculty and staff,” because if they opened for on-campus instruction, they would have to individually […]
May 8, 2020
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