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Trigger Warnings
Fifty positive COVID-19 cases, or 100? Meeting 80 percent of quarantine capacity, or having more than 10 sick employees? Some colleges are publishing "triggers" that would lead them to consider closing; others refuse to boil decision making down to a few numbers.
#ScholarStrike
Professors are planning a work stoppage and virtual, public teach-in on police violence and racism next month.
Higher Ed's Hottest Hot Spot?
More than 7 percent of students on Georgia College's campus have had COVID-19, and up to a third may be in quarantine. In-person classes continue nonetheless.
Thai Protests Raise Academic Freedom Issues
Students and some faculty members are demanding broad reforms.
Steep Decline in Summer Loans
Federal loan disbursements were down across the board this summer, but for-profit colleges were hit particularly hard.
Wisconsin Lutheran Revokes Invite to Pence
Wisconsin Lutheran College has revoked an invitation to Vice President Mike Pence to speak at commencement on Saturday. The invitation...
Ohio Law Schools Explore Merger
The University of Akron and Cleveland State University announced Thursday they will explore a merger between their two law schools...
Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall, McNeese State's Campus Damaged
Hurricane Laura made landfall around 1 a.m. Thursday, tearing into the Gulf Coast with 150-mile-per-hour winds and storm surges as...