After civil liberties advocates dismissed concerns about statewide economic shutdowns and mask mandates, the same advocates worry that university administrations are abusing students’ civil liberties related to positive coronavirus tests or violating public health rules….
Topic: coronavirus pandemic
University of Iowa students staged ‘sickout’ to protest campus reopening
At the University of Iowa, students, staff and faculty members protested the university’s campus reopening plans last Wednesday because they disagreed with in-person classes. The protest involved staff and faculty striking and not conducting work…
Study: Politics influences college reopening plans
In one of the more unsurprising discoveries, a study conducted by Davidson College found that it could predict whether a college re-opened its campus to in-person classes or not. Inside Higher Ed reported that the…
Report: Colleges will face revenue loss and lower student enrollment in the coming year
A report from S&P Global Ratings predicted that U.S. colleges and universities will struggle in the coming academic year due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The report predicted falling student enrollments, which is…
Pandemic forces community college consolidation in New Mexico
The New Mexico State University system announced that it will restructure its higher education system to reduce expenses, due to the pandemic’s effects on declining enrollment across New Mexico’s colleges and budget cuts. According to…
Notre Dame, Michigan State reverse in-person fall semester plans
Two more universities have reversed plans to bring back students to its campuses for the upcoming fall semester: Notre Dame and Michigan State. These institutions join a growing list of campuses which will start with…
Stanford University reverses position, won’t bring students back to campus
Like Harvard University, Stanford University will only offer online and virtual courses for its students and will not bring students on-campus for courses. As Inside Higher Ed reported, the northern California-based university initially said it…
Fall college football at risk after two conferences postpone games until spring 2021
Two major conferences out of the Power Five conferences announced that they will postpone college football games among its member institutions until spring 2021 over fears about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Big Ten and…
Coronavirus Fact Sheet: Fighting Media Disinformation
Many Americans have little trust and faith in the mainstream media, which was exacerbated by the 2016 election cycle and subsequent anti-Trumpism. But the coronavirus pandemic has added to the media’s woes, which has been…
PAC-12 Athletes Threaten Strike until Demands are Met
Multiple student athletes in the Pac-12 college conference have threatened to opt out of the upcoming 2020-2021 season due to their concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, racial inequality, and economic inequality issues. In a post…