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The Week in Admissions News
Jail time for Lori Loughlin; shame and student behavior; pressure to shutter campuses; mental health issues; impact of free community college.
Pitt Will Require New Students to Take Course on Racism
The University of Pittsburgh will require all new students to take a one-credit course called Anti-Black Racism: History, Ideology and Resistance.
UC Santa Cruz Evacuates Campus
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has completely evacuated its campus due to fires that were a mile north of...
Cuomo Adviser Malatras Voted In as SUNY Chancellor
Jim Malatras, president of SUNY Empire State College and longtime advisor to Governor Andrew Cuomo, will take up the chancellorship Aug. 31. His appointment prompted the SUNY Faculty Senate to vote no confidence in the system's board.
Lori Loughlin and Husband Sentenced
Lori Loughlin, the actress, and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were sentenced to jail time on Friday for the fraudulent admission...
Community-Based Research on Global Service Learning
Service learning can benefit marginalized communities. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of Central Arkansas Week, Leah Horton discusses...
Disparities in Testing
Colleges are planning a wide range of COVID-19 testing strategies, ranging from frequent universal testing to no campus-based testing at all. Variation of approaches raises questions about equity.
Will Shame Make Students Stop Socializing?
Shame and fear aren't the best motivators for public health campaigns, experts say. But colleges take that approach amid COVID-19 outbreaks as campuses reopen.