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March Madness Triggered Spike in COVID-19 Infections
March Madness celebrations caused a noticeable spike in COVID-19 infections last spring, a new study published by JAMA Network Open...
Mergers in Higher Education: The Need to Consider
Mergers are a fact of life for some institutions in higher education. In today's Academic Minute, the University at Albany's...
Enrollments Still Falling 2 Years Into Pandemic
Experts hoped college enrollments would rebound this fall. New data show that while selective institutions have seen their numbers recover, most others continue to struggle.
Philanthropies Help HBCUs Take Their Education Online
United Negro College Fund and Complete College America support Black colleges’ efforts to upgrade their expertise and replicate their unique educational offerings digitally.
After 95 Years, an Uncertain Future
A community college newspaper, which served as a pipeline to media jobs for students, struggles amid a pandemic and enrollment declines.
Students Who Take Political Science More Likely to Vote
Community college students who took a political science class were more likely to register to vote, to cast their ballots...
3-Year Medical Degrees May Provide Good Alternative
Many in medical education advocate for three-year medical degrees as a much-needed reform. A new study of such programs by...
Report: Liberty Discourages Students From Reporting Sex Assaults
An investigation by ProPublica has found that Liberty University routinely “discourages and dismisses students’ reports of sexual assaults.” The article...