With many school districts announcing the shift to virtual and online classes, America’s parents are asking themselves whether homeschooling is a more viable option for the 2020-2021 school year. Several school districts bungled their response…
Topic: coronavirus pandemic
NCAA athletic scholarships potentially at-risk during pandemic
2020 has been a very unusual year for the world, if not the United States, and it extends to U.S. higher education and K-12 schools. With ongoing uncertainty about the upcoming 2020-2021 school year, there…
Stanford cuts athletic programs; who will be next?
Stanford University, located in northern California, announced that it will cut eleven of its non-revenue athletic programs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stanford had been supporting 36 varsity sports, many of which were not main…
Teacher unions’ entitlement mentality threatens school reopening efforts
As the coronavirus pandemic appears to continue into the upcoming school year, teachers and their unions across the United States refuse to return to classrooms to instruct students. Many school districts are slated to start…
College football season shortened to conference-only games
College football, an annual sports tradition that kicks off the fall season, will be much different than in past years due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. At least two college conferences, the Big Ten and…
The Future of Higher Education under Coronavirus Pandemic
Accuracy in Academia Chairman Don Irvine interviews Ed Carter, Director of the School of Communications at Brigham Young University on the future of higher education under a global pandemic. You can watch the interview below:
Harvard University, after uproar, declines coronavirus stimulus money
With an endowment fund valued at $41 billion, Harvard University was slated to receive a $8.6 million in coronavirus stimulus funds from the federal government. But public criticism convinced the Ivy League institution to decline…
New York Times criticizes Liberty University for re-opening campus during COVID-19
The New York Times singled out and criticized Liberty University for re-opening its campus during the coronavirus pandemic.
Protesting Syracuse students end sit-in after coronavirus pandemic
Syracuse University was one of many higher education institutions which ended on-campus classes during the coronavirus pandemic, but the mandatory evacuation of college students did not faze student protesters at the northern New York university….