Graduates signed up for time slots so only nine families participate at one time The University of North Georgia held a socially distanced commencement for its spring and summer graduates last month. Anna Brown, the executive director of university events, detailed the following important steps in keeping participants safe from COVID: Small groups: Graduates signed More Info »
Published October 2, 2020 1. Question: Can the Institutional Portion of my institution’s allocation under section 18004(a)(1) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act be used to purchase COVID-19-related essentials such as thermometers, cleaning supplies, or other supplies for sanitizing a facility? Answer: Yes. Purchases to ensure the physical safety of students More Info »
In a recent ASU+GSV session, five college presidents gave their views of what’s next for higher education. What does the future of higher education look like? A panel of five university and college presidents offered their crystal-ball visions in a recent session during the recent ASU+GSV Summit, which took place online this week. Moderator Michelle More Info »
It should be easy for visitors to find information about campus reopening and COVID-19 information from your homepage and on-site search. A quick quiz: What’s the most important question people come to your website to answer right now? I’ll bet it’s something like “What’s the status of COVID on campus now?” or maybe “What’s happening More Info »
Dive Brief: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its coronavirus testing guidance for colleges and universities to suggest more screening could help stem the virus’s spread. Earlier guidance advised institutions to test only people showing symptoms of COVID-19, the disease the virus causes, and those who may have been exposed to the More Info »
The following guidance is meant to help college and university administrators protect students, faculty, and staff from COVID-19 infections and slow the spread of the virus. This document includes considerations for expanded and widespread testing; provides a tiered approach to testing in the context of an outbreak; gives examples of successful entry and periodic screening More Info »
Update offers more detailed guidance on prioritizing testing during an outbreak. It also says entry testing combined with regular serial testing might prevent or reduce transmission. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 testing guidance for colleges Wednesday. The new guidance includes fresh detailed information on how to prioritize testing for students, More Info »
Federal court says Northeastern need not reimburse tuition for last spring’s virtual shift; on-campus “fall break” or quarantine? Within weeks after colleges around the country closed their campuses and shifted to remote learning as COVID-19 descended last spring, students and lawyers sprang into action, filing lawsuits seeking reimbursements of tuition and fees on top of More Info »
Higher education is being pummeled by the Covid-19 pandemic. This spring’s campus shutdowns led to a quick rush to “remote learning,” exposing the fragmented adoption of high-quality education technology and digital capabilities across thousands of colleges and universities. The tumultuous fall semester, complete with aborted campus openings and widely diverging online and blended options, has More Info »
House Democrats on Monday unveiled a revised version of their Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act — initially introduced in May — representing a scaled-down update to the original version in an effort to reach a compromise. A notable piece missing from this iteration of the legislation is the removal of a More Info »