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Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coronavirus. 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...
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...
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...
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 13, 2020

Fighting for milk: Now is the time to take any kind of work you can get

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In the movie  Cinderella Man , Russell Crowe plays the part of James J. Braddock, a professional boxer who breaks his hand in the ring, forc...
Friday, April 10, 2020

"If I were a carpenter": Manual skills will be more valuable than a liberal arts degree in the post-coronavirus economy

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If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady Would you marry me anyway? Would you have my baby? Tim Hardin Sung best by Johnny ...
Monday, March 30, 2020

God Bless John Prine! "Try to find Jesus on your own"

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The lonesome friends of science say "The world will end most any day." Well, if it does, then that's okay 'Cause I ...
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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...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

Goodbye to all that: The coronavirus will sink many small colleges

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Three presidents of elite colleges--Harvard, M.I.T., and Stanford--published an op-ed essay in the New York Times a few days ago, justifyi...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

James Howard Kunstler says plant a garden: That's good advice

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Blow up your t.v. throw away your paper Go to the country,  build you a home Plant a little garden eat a lot of peaches Try an...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

President Trump waives interest on student loans "until further notice": Woefully inadequate relief for distressed student-loan borrowers

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In yesterday's speech on the coronavirus crisis, President Trump announced he is temporarily waiving interest on all federal student lo...