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Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2020

Chong v. Northeastern University: No tuition refund to students whose classes were switched to remote learning due to COVID-19

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American universities were dealt a severe blow last spring when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Almost all of them were forced to switch from ...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

COVID-19 is disrupting American higher education: That's a good thing

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The coronavirus pandemic hit American higher education like a Cat 5 hurricane.   Virtually all colleges and universities shut their campuses...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Colleges urged to go test optional: We don't need no stinkin' standardized admission tests!

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More and more colleges are admitting new students without requiring them to take a traditional standardized admissions test: the ACT or SAT...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Google says you can skip college: Uh-oh!

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Universities have been whistling past the graveyard for years, Ignoring the signs of rot in their industry, they just rolled along through t...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, has 444 students. Roughly ten percent tested positive for COVID-19. Think about it

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 When I was four years old, my father told me the most harrowing story of my childhood--perhaps the most harrowing story of my life. In the...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

One in four young Americans contemplated suicide in June: Will they feel better if they take out student loans and go to college?

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms what Americans already know: The coronavirus pandemic is harmful to our mental...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Coronavirus alert: Mama, don't let your baby live in a college dorm this fall

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I went to college during the Vietnam War. Men registered for the draft at age 18 and could be swept into the Army within a few months of reg...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

70 college groups ask Congress for more coronavirus money: Feed me, Seymour!

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Writing on behalf of more than 70 college lobbying groups, Ted Mitchell, President of the American Council on Education, wrote a letter to ...
Friday, August 7, 2020

U.S. colleges are in big financial trouble, and it's their own damn fault

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I doubt that many college presidents listen to country music, but perhaps they should. Country music is full of lyrics about people gettin...
Friday, July 31, 2020

College students, beware: Do your own COVID-19 safety check before moving into a dormitory this fall

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When I was young, I practiced law in Alaska, and many of my clients lived in the Alaska bush--that vast terrain of mountains and tundra that...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Harvard University will go online this fall but will charge full tuition: $49,000 a year to take courses on your home computer

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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Harvard University announced that all undergraduate classes will be taught online this fall. Harv...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Second (and kinder) thoughts about distance learning at the universities during the coronavirus pandemic

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Not long ago, I commented on the mass shift to distance learning at American universities, which were forced to close their campuses last Ma...
Monday, May 25, 2020

California ain't got the do re mi: Will Americans bail out the Golden State?

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California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Three out of four test-takers failed the California Bar Exam in February: Do you still want to be a lawyer?

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This spring, pass rates for the California Bar Exam hit a historic low. Only 26.8 percent of the test-takers received a passing grade--abou...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Coronavirus is a black swan event for regional public colleges: Many will be forced to close

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A black swan event is an unexpected occurrence that has potentially devastating consequences. For higher education, the coronavirus pandemic...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and broad relief for battered student-loan debtors: Congress needs to go big or go home!

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The coronavirus pandemic rolls along like a tropical storm gathering force in the Gulf of Mexico. Every day, it kills more Americans and...