Williams College, the richest liberal arts school in the U.S., is reducing its cost by 15% for families on a one-time basis for the coming academic year and canceling sports competition and travel for the season as the coronavirus upends higher education.
Princeton University’s decision this weekend to strike the name of its former president — and ours — from its public policy school for his “racist thinking and policies” was long overdue.
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated a yearslong shift in financial power toward families and away from schools. This year, students are requesting—and getting—discounts on fall admission.
The college deans say they recognize that students and their families may be struggling right now. They say students will not be disadvantaged by not participating in extracurricular activities.
After the College announced that that some, but not all, students will be returning to campus for the fall 2020 semester, 75 percent of students reported…
A group of about 100 protesters marched across the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus in Baltimore Monday to paper the front door and windows of University President Ron Daniels’ house with copies of a faculty petition calling for an end to a stalled plan for a private university police force.
Harvard University on Monday said it would discontinue its policy of sanctioning students who joined single-sex clubs, citing a lawsuit by a group of U.S. fraternities and sororities who said the crackdown amounted to sexual discrimination.
George Washington University’s Board of Trustees recently voted to divest from fossil fuels completely within the next five years, joining other area a schools that are no longer investing in companies that contribute to climate change.
Professors across institutions are increasingly waving red flags about the private and public health implications of default face-to-face instruction come fall, along with a lack of shared decision making in staffing and teaching decisions.
With protests bringing new attention to America’s struggles with racism, a lack of diversity training for students from abroad could be a critical blind spot for colleges.
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