As the number of coronavirus cases exploded across the University of Georgia’s Athens campus in late August, some faculty began asking department heads about shifting from in-person classes to an online curriculum. After fielding several requests, one faculty chair emailed a dire warning to members of his department: the university […]
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PHILADELPHIA — Temple University has announced a two-week halt of in-person classes as Philadelphia officials called on all college and university students in the city to avoid all social gatherings with people outside their households. Temple officials said Sunday that new test results over the weekend had pushed the number […]
The University of Alabama (UA) on Friday made clear its quarantine and isolation protocols, the same day the school announced it has had more than 1,000 students test positive for coronavirus since classes resumed August 19. © Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty A woman wearing a mask walks past a COVID-19 exit here […]
As more universities abandon plans to reopen and decide instead to keep classes online this fall, it’s leading to conflict between students who say they deserve tuition discounts and college leaders who insist remote learning is worth the full cost. Disputes are flaring both at colleges that announced weeks ago […]
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At least a dozen athletes have tested positive at the University of Mississippi, with classes set to resume there next week. It comes as COVID-19 concerns spread across college campuses nationwide. Michigan State is the latest university to scrap in-person classes. “I think time will tell whether this is the […]
A second major university is suspending classes right after the start of the new academic year due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The University of Notre Dame paused in-person instruction Tuesday, a day after a similar move by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Notre Dame is putting the classes online […]
A second major university is suspending classes right after the start of the new academic year due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The University of Notre Dame paused in-person instruction Tuesday, a day after a similar move by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Notre Dame is putting the classes online […]
By Gabriella Borter and Andrew Hay NEW YORK (Reuters) – The University of Notre Dame on Tuesday suspended in-person classes and moved them online for at least two weeks after seeing a surge in coronavirus cases, the latest university to roll back campus reopenings. Notre Dame University President John Jenkins […]
Beginning your first year of medical school is daunting. Beginning your first year of med school in a pandemic, faced with varying degrees of remote learning, is even more daunting. By and large, medical schools have made significant adjustments to their first-year curriculums to accommodate the specific challenges of social […]
As the fall semester begins and students head back to class, many are doing so virtually. Colleges are taking coronavirus prevention precautions, with hundreds opting for fully or partially online classes. But what does the shift to online classes mean for students with disabilities? To get a sense of what […]
The coronavirus is hitting hard again in nursing homes, with the number of new infections climbing to a weekly high, according to a new report. Most of the new cases are in Sunbelt states. Showing again the virus does not discriminate between the old and the young, one of the […]
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday became the first major college to pivot to online classes after reopening in person. The reversal took one week. Since the university started courses in person Aug. 10, it has reported at least four clusters of outbreaks of COVID-19 in student living […]
You don’t need to leave your home to learn how to cook, the best online cooking classes can teach you everything you need to know. Whether you don’t know how to chop vegetables or you’re trying to become the next contestant on Netflix’s Sugar Rush, you can learn both basic […]
DePaul University will move the “vast majority” of its fall classes online and limit its residential halls to students with exceptional circumstances in response to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, the university announced Wednesday. “We do not believe that currently there is a reasonable way to open the campus to the […]
El Camino Real catcher Josh Klein had his first day of online learning from home on Monday, the first day of the new semester for students at the Woodland Hills charter school. (Abby Spencer-Knerr) Monday was the first day of the school year at El Camino Real, an independent charter […]
USC and other California colleges and universities can reopen this fall with some in-person classes and limited dorm life, according to state guidance. (Perry C. Riddle / Los Angeles Times) As California colleges and universities reopen this fall they must adhere to strict limits on in-person classes and greatly restrict […]
Learn how to succeed in digital marketing with these online classes TL;DR: Learn to build your online presence with the Complete Digital Marketing Growth Hacking Certification bundle for $34.99, a 97% savings as of Aug. 7. Contrary to what it seems, digital marketing goes way beyond posting on Facebook and […]
DETROIT — With just days to go before the start of the new academic year, schools around the country are rushing to gather materials they never thought they would need: plexiglass dividers, piles of masks and internet hot spots to connect with students remotely. And then there are schools that […]