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U.S. Reps Urge Relief Measures for Students Impacted by Coronavirus Closures
More and more colleges are closing their classroom doors — and in some cases, their residence halls — as epidemiologists urge people to refrain from public gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, while beneficial to public health and safety, such precautions may place the heaviest burden on those who are most vulnerable: former foster youth […]
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Community Colleges Prepare for Coronavirus, Distance Learning
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) declared a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), office spaces are taking precautions by encouraging employees to telecommute, professional sports leagues are suspending their seasons and national conferences are being canceled. A little more than 1,200 COVID-19 cases are being reported in the U.S. and there have been 36 […]
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HBCUs Face An Additional Set of Coronavirus Concerns
Campuses across the country are temporarily closing in response to the coronavirus, encouraging students to go home and offering online classes to prevent the virus from spreading. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – and other minority serving institutions (MSIs) – are no exception. But these schools face an extra set of concerns as they […]
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Berea College Praised For Coronavirus Response
Kentucky’s Berea College is winning plaudits for the way it is dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Berea has canceled all in-person classes from March 13 until, it appears, the end of the academic year. Most other colleges and universities have canceled in-person classes only for a limited period of time at this stage. Though Berea was […]
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New Task Force to Recommend College Mental Health Policies
A Connecticut task force has been charged with recommending a statewide policy for mental health services offered for college students across the state. The group was created by the General Assembly during the 2019 legislative session. Task force members, who include mental health experts, college mental health counselors and others, are expected to issue a […]
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Colleges ‘Swamped’ by Students’ Mental Health Needs, But Services Vary Greatly
At Connecticut College, almost a third of students get mental health services in a given year and half of all students get that help at some point before they graduate. At Trinity College, close to half of the student body comes into the counseling center in a given year. By contrast, at Manchester Community College, […]
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Campus Suicides Rattle N.J. College. Students Demand Improved Mental Health Services.
The Rowan University student was sleeping in her dorm room when it happened two years ago. In the middle of the night, another student killed himself nearby on the Glassboro campus. “It really struck me and I think about that a lot. Somebody felt like there was no other option that they had than to […]
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Grad Students Rally for Improved Benefits
Graduate students rallied on the steps of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center Tuesday to reiterate demands for a union contract that would improve benefits for graduate student workers before delivering a book of letters from community members to the office of President Christina Paxson P’19. Tuesday marked one year since University graduate students voted […]
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California Governor Signs Bill Requiring Public Universities to Offer Medication Abortion
(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday requiring medication abortion services at public state universities starting in 2023. “As other states and the federal government go backward, restricting reproductive freedom, in California we are moving forward, expanding access and reaffirming a woman’s right (to) choose,” Newsom, a Democrat, said in a […]
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Trump Will Deny Immigrant Visas to Those Who Can’t Pay for Health Care
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs once they become permanent residents of the United States, the White House announced Friday in the latest move by President Trump to undermine legal immigration. Mr. Trump issued a […]
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Whose Healthcare Plan is Best? Many Democratic Voters Like Them All
Obamacare continues to divide the public. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, 44 percent approve, 42 percent disapprove of the Affordable Care Act. Health care remains one of the top issues overall – and the top issue for Democratic voters, but Democrats are open to alternatives to Obamacare. In fact, few Democrats (and few Americans) say […]
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U.S. Voters Support Expanding Medicare but Not Eliminating Private Health Insurance
Democratic presidential candidates are presenting policy ideas that are broadly popular with Americans, including tuition-free state colleges, but other proposals—such as Medicare for All—could complicate the party’s prospects next year, the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows. Two-thirds of registered voters support letting anyone buy into Medicare, similar to an idea that former Vice […]
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