Öne application. Countless questions. Countless hours of fear. The most burdensome form of approvals drills into the bones of your existence. Every year it creates confusion and multiplies the misery among those who seek financial support from many of the richest universities in the country.…
No Zoom class can replicate the experience of studying forestry or salmon habitats on 1,000 acres of forest along Puget Sound. That's at least in part why Evergreen State College, a campus in Olympia, Washington known for environmental studies, has joined the growing number of…
When a state legislature asked the Georgia university system how it taught "oppression" and "privilege" it sparked searches of course catalogs and curricula, conversations with deans, chairs, and faculty – and a 102 pages Answer. In January Georgia Rep. Emory Dunahoo, Republican of Gillsville, asked…
Colleges spent more money on their foundations in fiscal 2020 as they struggled with lost revenue and increased spending related to the pandemic. According to Nacubo-TIAA's annual study of foundations, published on FridayInstitutional spending from foundations rose 4 percent last fiscal year to a total…
Not long after the Supreme Court struck down school segregation with the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Mary Sue Coleman’s family moved from Georgia to Iowa. Lawmakers in Georgia were considering eliminating public schools to avoid racial integration. That prompted Coleman’s father, who taught…
The number of first-time graduates enrolling in American colleges has declined during the pandemic. This decrease is due to steep declines in the two countries with the largest shipments, China and India. The number of new graduates fell by almost 40 percent in autumn 2020…
Before the pandemic, two researchers buried themselves in a certain type of college – the so-called "new university". It is a public research university aiming for status in national rankings. It is also a campus that has more students enrolled who are racially marginalized and…
The U.S. Fulbright Scholarship Programs and U.S. Fulbright Student Programs are sponsored by the Department of Education and Culture of the U.S. Department of State to promote academic exchanges between the U.S. and over 150 countries worldwide. Nearly 600 US higher education institutions are actively…
GAry Herzig was stunned. It was March 2020 and the State University of New York campus at Oneonta, where Herzig is mayor, had responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by abruptly switching to distance learning during the spring break. Some students were expected to return to…
T.The message, hidden in a routine fall planning email to Oakland University students, surprised Tyler Dixon. In addition to wearing masks and social distancing, students on campus are expected to wear a coin size "BioButton" attached to the chest with medical adhesive. It would continuously…
