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August 26, 2021
Faculty and staff support the president. But his relationship with several trustees has deteriorated following a failed recall of the board chair.

August 26, 2021
Want students to mask up in class? The University of Texas at Austin has an idea: offer students nonacademic incentives of up to $50 to do so. The caveat? The university isn’t paying for any of it.

August 26, 2021
Community colleges are employing various strategies to attract students this fall and recover from enrollment losses related to the pandemic.

August 26, 2021
A bill supported by Democrats and Republicans would eliminate the costs and burdens that students with disabilities face in accessing college accommodations.

August 26, 2021
Chattanooga State Community College Ian Beck, math and sciences Terrie Breetzke, math and sciences Jonathan Brigner, nursing and allied health Stacey Carter, nursing and allied health Randal Fosse, humanities and fine arts Mindy Griffin, humanities and fine arts Jason Holcomb, math and sciences Kristen Hutton, humanities and fine arts Josh Johnson, humanities and fine arts Eric Niemi, humanities and fine arts Tena Phillips, nursing and allied health

August 25, 2021
Despite a previous claim that NYU was promised “absolute control” over NYU Shanghai operations, NYU Shanghai argued in an employee discrimination case that it is not controlled by NYU and therefore not covered by U.S. employment laws.

August 25, 2021
New report finds most first-year students struggled to learn when the pandemic moved classes online -- in part because of limited access to technology and resources.

August 25, 2021
Georgia State University fired an instructor who refused to teach in a classroom without a mask mandate.  

August 25, 2021
Federal appeals court says blind students have broad right to sue Los Angeles Community College District.

August 25, 2021
Sacred Heart University is starting a B.A. in music. Samford University is starting a joint doctor of pharmacy and master of science in nutrition program. University of Central Florida is starting a master of science in themed experience.

August 24, 2021
Institutions may feel more empowered to enact COVID-19 vaccine mandates now that Pfizer’s FDA approval levels it with other required vaccines -- and some colleges have already taken action.

August 24, 2021
More professors quit over face-to-face teaching mandates.  

August 24, 2021
Two new polls find students overwhelmingly support vaccine and mask mandates at their institutions and are hesitant about returning to normal college life.

August 24, 2021
Starting next year, Oregon’s public colleges will be required by law to disclose textbook prices before students enroll in classes.

August 24, 2021
David S. Birdsell, dean of the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of New York, has been selected as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Kean University, in New Jersey.

August 23, 2021
Ohio State University’s education program is taking a “grow-your-own” approach to faculty diversity, training postdocs to become tenure-track professors -- in the college.  

August 23, 2021
After their presidents died unexpectedly, Converse University and Saint Augustine’s University had to quickly install new leadership. Succession plans for such tragedies have become high priorities for college and university boards in the wake of the pandemic.

August 23, 2021
Efforts continue to evacuate students and academic personnel from Afghanistan.

August 23, 2021
Rice will start semester online; Rhode Island College delays resumption of classes; athletics changes -- for fans.

August 20, 2021
In an example of how universities and faculty unions can collaborate on pandemic planning, Northern Illinois University and its faculty union have agreed to push the remote instruction button when and if the campus test positivity rate hits 8 percent.  

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