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COVID-19 Roundup: Outbreaks and iPads
Two colleges report outbreaks and a third reports its president hospitalized. Duke adjusts plans. Washington State U will go online while Cornell limits student move-in to two suitcases and a backpack. Bowdoin will issue iPads.
Judge Orders Lincoln University President Reinstated
A Pennsylvania county judge has ordered that Brenda Allen, former president of Lincoln University, be reinstated in her former role...
Closed Test Centers, COVID-19 and the ACT
Some students couldn't take the ACT; some took it with coronavirus.
Academic Minute: Magical Thinking
Today on the Academic Minute, Trysh Travis, associate professor at the Center for Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies Research at...
Lightning Rod Professor Found Dead
Mike Adams, whom the University of North Carolina at Wilmington recently paid $504,000 to retire, was found dead at home...
Edgewood College Reinstates 6 Professors
Edgewood College reinstated six professors who were laid off this spring as part of a long-term financial stability plan, the...
UVA Reverses Tenure Denial
The University of Virginia last week reversed its negative tenure decision concerning Paul Harris, an assistant professor of human services who studies identity development in Black male student athletes and underrepresented students' college readiness. Harris, who is Black, appealed the tenure denial earlier this year, citing procedural errors.
HBCUs Grapple With Disparities
As the pandemic and its financial implications refuse to yield, lesser-known historically Black colleges and universities face pressure to bolster their fundraising efforts.