Demand for off-campus housing typically remains stable even during a recession. But with the coronavirus pandemic, many student housing facilities are trailing their year-ago rates for locking in new tenants as families await confirmation of campus reopenings.
Taking a year off might seem like a good idea. But really, what the hell else are you going to do with your time, Junior? Watch Friends with your parents?
FINANCIAL AID OFFICES at colleges across the country are starting to experience a flood of financial aid appeals from students whose families have recently been laid off, furloughed or suffered a reduction in pay or hours as the coronavirus death toll continues to rise.
An Australian university is threatening to expel a student and take legal action against him for his criticism of Beijing, in a case that has renewed tensions over Chinese influence in higher education.
Rather than hoping for a return to normal, colleges and universities should use this moment to do three difficult things: fix transfer, increase need-based aid and advance teaching quality, Joshua Wyner writes.
Several universities have said they will open for in-person instruction this fall but will end on-campus instruction by Thanksgiving. Can that plan work?
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