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Tag: coronavirus: Page 17
COVID-19
Notre Dame Student Removed From Program After Racist Coronavirus Posts
A postdoctoral student at the University of Notre Dame has been terminated from her program after she wrote racist posts on Facebook blaming Chinese students for the spread of the coronavirus, reported campus newspaper, The Observer. Kathryn Ralph, a sixth-year student at the university, posted statements on her Facebook page last Wednesday, saying Chinese students [ā¦]
March 30, 2020
COVID-19
Online University Opens Up Courses to Colleges Struggling With Remote Education
University of the People ā a tuition-free, non-profit online university ā has offered to open up its courses to colleges as they scramble to move classes online in response to the coronavirus.
March 30, 2020
COVID-19
Higher Ed Institutions Lay Off Workers, Tighten Budgets Amid Coronavirus Crisis
As college faculty and administrators slide into their slippers and prepare to work online, other campus workers who canāt carry out their duties remotely ā namely members of dining, housing and maintenance operations ā face layoffs as various institutions across the country are reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
March 29, 2020
COVID-19
A Message to Educators: Hygiene, Hand Washing, and Cultural Considerations Before, During, and After Health Crises
Like medical and mental health professionals, educators who are ignorant and incompetent relative to culture (especially those other than their own) can and have been harmful by contributing to school-based racialized trauma. āDo no harmā must not be tossed aside like old news and discarded like trash when teaching, counseling, and delivering other health services. Doing so is a disgrace to the education profession and an affront to Black and other culturally different students, families, and communities.
March 29, 2020
COVID-19
UW-Madison Says Racist Behaviors, Stereotyping, āAre Not Toleratedā
After racist, anti-Chinese graffiti appeared on University of Wisconsin-Madisonās campus earlier this week, the university on Thursday issued a statement saying racist behaviors āare not toleratedā at the institution, reported Wisconsin State Journal. The graffiti targeted people from or perceived to be from China and East Asia, and blamed China for the coronavirus, calling it [ā¦]
March 27, 2020
COVID-19
Yale University Press Makes Digital Textbooks Temporarily Free For All Students
Yale University Press (YUP) has made its ebooks and digital textbooks free for all students until the end of the semester to help them transition to online learning during the coronavirus pandemic, reported Yale News. āThis is a challenging period for students as they finish their courses remotely without access to library stacks or textbooks [ā¦]
March 27, 2020
Students
Higher Ed Groups: $14 Billion for Colleges, Universities in Stimulus Package Insufficient
Higher education groups arenāt happy with the $14 billion earmarked for colleges and universities in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package passed by the Senate late on Wednesday, saying institutions are facing severe cash flow problems and have been hit hard financially due to closures necessitated by the pandemic.
March 26, 2020
Students
Universities Struggle to Respond to the Diverse Needs of Low-Income Students Amidst Coronavirus Shutdowns
As the coronavirus shuts down campuses, low-income students face a lot of uncertainty and a slew of extra costs. Universities are working hard to respond, but for students who rely heavily on campus resources like food, housing and healthcare, there are a growing list of needs.
March 26, 2020
COVID-19
Syracuse Students Protesting Bias Incidents Reverse Decision to Continue Occupation
Protestors at Syracuse University last week reversed their decision to continue occupying a campus administrative building as the coronavirus emergency progressively worsens in the U.S. The group, #NotAgainSU, began occupying the building on Feb. 17 to protest the more than 20 hate-inspired incidents that have occurred on campus since November 2019. But, roughly a month [ā¦]
March 26, 2020
African-American
UNCF: $1 Billion for HBCUs, TCUs, MSIs in Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Package
Congress and the White House have agreed to provide $1 billion in emergency funds to historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and other minority serving institutions to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic, said the United Negro College Fund in a statement on Wednesday.
March 25, 2020
Students
Education Department Suspends Collection on Late Student Loans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Federal student loan borrowers late on their payments have been granted some relief by the Department of Education, which wonāt garnish their wages or withhold money from their federal benefits or tax refunds for at least 60 days starting March 13 to alleviate the financial stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
March 25, 2020
COVID-19
Online Classes at USC Disrupted With āRacist and Vile Languageā Through āZoombombingā
Online classes at the University of Southern California (USC) were disrupted by people using āracist and vile languageā over Zoom, the videoconferencing tool many universities are using to instruct students during the coronavirus shutdown, reported The Washington Post, citing an email sent to the university community by the schoolās president. āWe are sorry to report [ā¦]
March 25, 2020
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