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Is Help Coming From Washington?
President Trump's executive orders offer some aid but could dim prospects of a larger coronavirus bill with help for colleges.
Academic Minute: COVID-19 and the Black Death
Today on the Academic Minute: Michael Vargas, professor of medieval history at SUNY New Paltz, compares COVID-19 to the period...
An Unusual Book Club
Not all book clubs are alike. In today's Academic Minute, part of Loyola University Maryland Week, Jean Lee Cole examines...
Whose Music Theory?
A 20-minute plenary talk boils over into music theory's biggest imbroglio in years. Allegations of anti-Black bias and anti-Semitism fly.
Housing Developer Pressured Universities on Fall Plans
Company that builds and maintains student housing sent letters to public universities in at least two states in May as they weighed in-person fall classes, reminding them of hundreds of millions of debt.
COVID-19 Roundup: UNC Won't Budge on Reopening
Chapel Hill rebuffs recommendations from county health officials to at least delay bringing students back to campus. Syracuse suspends students who didn't social distance. Hopkins and UMass pull back on the fall.
Trump Signals Aid for Student Loan Borrowers
In a tweet, the president said he might use his executive powers to provide relief.
Transfer Access to the Liberal Arts
Small liberal arts colleges have a crucial opportunity to engage actively with community colleges for the benefit of both students and themselves, write Loni Bordoloi Pazich and Meagan Wilson.