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Magical Thinking
How are we dealing with the pandemic? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Florida's Trysh Travis discusses why positive...
‘Unacceptable’: The Story Behind the Admissions Scandal
New details emerge on the scandal.
Stay or Leave?
Students considering sitting out the fall semester because of the pandemic risk losing guaranteed on-campus housing when they return to colleges with strict leave-of-absence policies.
New International Students Barred From All-Online Classes
New U.S. immigration guidance clarifies that new international students -- unlike continuing international students -- cannot come to American colleges to take a "100 percent" online course load this fall.
Closed Test Centers, COVID-19 and the ACT
Some students couldn't take the ACT; some took it with coronavirus.
The Week in Admissions News
New international students; online discounts; residence halls at full capacity; Pell Grants.
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.
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.