Universities preparing for big declines in international enrollment and revenues will be further depressed by a federal decision to strip students of...

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CNN: Harvard and Princeton announce plans to bring back students for the fall semester

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(CNN)Harvard and Princeton universities will bring back students to campus this fall, but not everyone will return at the same time.The pandemic...

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AP: Disney suspends college internship program amid pandemic

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World has suspended the Disney College Program indefinitely amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

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AP: Utah university to consider dropping ‘Dixie’ from its name

asianct - July 1, 2020 0

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its...

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CNN: Boston University looking into retiring mascot’s nickname because of its reference to ‘Gone With the Wind’

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(CNN) The president of Boston University has asked a committee to look into whether the school should retire the "Rhett" nickname of...

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CNN: Yale University to open campus without sophomores in fall and without freshmen in spring

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(CNN) Yale University will reopen in the fall without sophomores living on campus and then will be open in the spring without...

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VOA: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of State Funding for Religious Education

asianct - June 30, 2020 0

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state of Montana’s exclusion of religious schools from a tax credit program for...

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BBC: How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco

asianct - June 29, 2020 0

A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert...

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NPR: U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall

asianct - June 29, 2020 0

The nation's pediatricians have come out with a strong statement in favor of bringing children back to the classroom this fall wherever and whenever...

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AP: New Jersey schools planning for in-person learning this fall

asianct - June 26, 2020 0

New Jersey’s schools will be open for in-person instruction in the fall, as long as COVID-19 trends don’t worsen, Gov. Phil...

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VOA: Schools Ask Students to Sign COVID Waivers

asianct - June 22, 2020 0

Colleges and universities are asking students and others to sign liability waivers against potential COVID-19-related lawsuits, according to recent news reports.

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AP: U-Michigan term to start Aug. 31; online classes still key

asianct - June 22, 2020 0

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The fall term at the University of Michigan will open Aug. 31 with a mix of remote...

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AP: Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

BBC: Coronavirus: Elite universities sue over US visa ruling

NPR: Michael Drake Will Be The First Black President In U.C. System’s 152-Year History

NPR: White House Pushes To Reopen Schools Despite A Surge In Coronavirus Cases

CNN: This student collected garbage to pay for college. Now he’s headed to Harvard Law

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