Colleges struggle to enforce pandemic related health and safety rules
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Civil liberties advocates are concerned students are being unfairly suspended or placed on probation for violations of college health and safety rules related to the pandemic. But student affairs administrators say their actions are within their power to protect their campuses.
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — With coronavirus cases out of control on some college campuses, one thing has become abundantly clear: There is no such thing as a safe, risk-free return to campus.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges and universities looked at several factors when determining whether to reopen their campuses to students for the fall, including local COVID-19 case numbers, campuses’ ability to physically distance students and what students said they wanted in surveys.
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THE HECHINGER REPORT — When universities went online in response to Covid-19, so did the tests their students took. But one of the people who logged on to take an exam in a pre-med chemistry class at a well-known mid-Atlantic university turned out not to be a student at all.
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TAMPA BAY TIMES — Many new lawyers feel frustrated with their student loans — and some say they’re depressed due to their debt — according to a new report from the American Bar Association.
Read More about Student loan debt weighs on the mental health of young lawyersCalifornia judge rules University of California system can no longer use ACT and SAT for admissions
CNN — The University of California system can no longer use ACT and SAT tests as a determinant for admissions, a superior court judge has ruled, handing a victory to students with disabilities.
Read More about California judge rules University of California system can no longer use ACT and SAT for admissionsReport: Black student enrollment drops at top public colleges
THE HECHINGER REPORT — The United States is becoming more diverse, but its most selective public colleges and universities are not. In a new report from The Education Trust, 101 of the most selective public colleges and universities were graded on how they’re doing at having Black and Latino student enrollment match the percent of…
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TEDMED — In this powerful TEDMED 2020 Talk, Neurolaw Rebel Francis X. Shen makes a compelling case for merging the field of neuroscience with the legal system to move our society constantly closer to the truth.
Read More about Video: University of Minnesota Law professor Francis X. Shen discusses neuroscience and the law in TEDMED TalkHarvard Law working group discusses best practices for remote classes and clinics
HARVARD LAW TODAY — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the globe, affecting every aspect of human society, Harvard Law School finds itself at a pivotal moment in legal education.
Read More about Harvard Law working group discusses best practices for remote classes and clinicsPenn State faculty and administrators discuss measures to limit COVID-19 exposure to students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — As colleges moved to reopen classrooms this fall, groups of researchers were forthright with statistical modeling showing likely COVID-19 infections on campus. That’s more than some public flagship universities can say.
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