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‘A Hero and a Role Model’
A professor of advanced manufacturing volunteered seven days a week to produce face shields for health-care workers. He died Tuesday of complications with COVID-19.
Are Colleges Superspreaders?
New peer-reviewed analysis suggests that colleges opening in the fall may have led to increased COVID-19 cases in their home counties.
Pandemic's Fall Financial Toll Adds Up
Three-quarters of institutions in one association survey spent more than they expected to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. The spring will also be expensive, experts say.
Admissions Have and Have-Nots
Institutions with money and prestige are doing very well this year; those known for serving low-income students, not so much.
Greater Need for Food at Community Colleges
Many advocates argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit community colleges, and their students, the hardest. Colleges are struggling to meet greater demands for basic needs.
Paying a Price for Being Wealthy
Little-noticed provision in new COVID-19 relief bill would slash aid for colleges and universities with large endowments in half.
Carpe Diem on Faculty Hiring?
Yale's arts and sciences faculty wants the institution to seize the day on faculty hiring, but wealthy institutions continue to practice restraint -- maybe even for the long term.
Colleges Delay In-Person Instruction
Some colleges opt for a month of online courses before shifting to face-to-face learning. Other colleges move back the start of the spring semester.