College students sued Indiana University on the grounds that they should not have to comply with a vaccine requirement. Now, the highest court in the land agreed with the university and refused to block the…
Topic: coronavirus pandemic
Target follows Walmart’s lead, offers debt-free college degrees
In late July, retail giant Walmart announced it would offer free college tuition and books to its workers, which could be driven by tough hiring conditions in a recovering pandemic economy. Now, Target followed suit…
Walmart offers free college tuition to workers
In a post-pandemic economic recovery, retail giant Walmart chose to beef up its employee benefits programs by offering free college tuition and books for its employees as of August 16, 2021. Walmart announced it will…
States, academics push for mask mandates for children
Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new COVID-19 guidelines for the upcoming school year. According to the report, children over the age of two should wear masks in school indefinitely regardless of their…
Pandemic hysteria takes out NC State’s baseball team
The NCAA College World Series finished in Omaha, Nebraska, but it was not immune from the coronavirus pandemic hysteria gripping American higher education institutions. This time, pandemic testing led to the men’s baseball team from…
Colleges conflicted about requiring vaccines
With students preparing to return to college campuses and in-person classes this fall, there is widespread confusion over the idea of requiring vaccines for students. Both public and private universities have seen a precipitous drop…
School shutdown means thousands of children unaccounted for
Tens of thousands of school-aged children missing from virtual and online classrooms, but nary a peep from the Left about its significant and detrimental ramifications in the future. Yet parents, educators, and public health experts…
North Carolina students failed state tests due to virtual learning
A year into the coronavirus pandemic, there is more data emerging that the school shutdown policies were an abject failure. In North Carolina, the majority of high school students failed the Tar Heel State’s end-of-course…
Teachers’ unions complain about Texas lifting mask mandate
Another day, another teachers’ union upset at school re-opening-related plans. Teachers in Texas condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, for lifting the state’s mask mandate and re-opening the state’s entire economy. The mask mandate…
Student suicides force Las Vegas to re-open schools
The ongoing statewide lockdowns and subsequent school lockdowns are taking a toll of enormous proportions on many parts of the United States. Despite the science and statistics backing the re-opening of schools for mental health,…