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COVID-19

Coronavirus Is Not a “Chinese Virus”

All anybody can talk about, even think about, is corona virus, COVID 19, the novel disease that has overwhelmed the world and brought human interaction to a hard stop. Calling it “the Chinese virus” only worsens the situation. Regardless of whether it is deemed “racist,” the persistent use of the term even after protests, is problematic. It only harms our efforts to control the spread of illness by adding animosity to the air.

March 25, 2020

Students

Close to 2,000 Students Return to Virginia’s Liberty University Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, as many as 1,900 students returned to Virginia’s Liberty University on Tuesday after spring break, a university spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The Washington Post reported that Jerry Falwell Jr., the evangelical Christian university’s president, said on Fox News earlier this month that people were overreacting to the pandemic and that the […]

March 24, 2020

COVID-19

UC Irvine Opens Online Learning Research Center as Coronavirus Forces Faculty Online

The University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) just launched its first Online Learning Research Center as a resource for students and faculty navigating online education in the wake of the coronavirus.

March 24, 2020

COVID-19

Harvard University President Tests Positive For COVID-19

Harvard University’s president Lawrence S. Bacow and his wife, Adele Fleet Bacow, have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, he said Tuesday in a statement on the university website. Bacow said he and his wife were tested on Monday, following symptoms over the weekend, and received the results a few […]

March 24, 2020

COVID-19

U of California Issues Guidance: Don’t Use Term “Chinese Virus”

The University of California (UC) system has issued a ‘guidance document’ advising campus officials, faculty, administrators, students and staff to not use the term “Chinese virus” to describe the coronavirus, according to a copy of the document posted on the UCLA medical school website. “Do not use terms such as ‘Chinese Virus’ or other terms […]

March 24, 2020

COVID-19

Tribal Colleges Say They Need Immediate Funding to Face up to Coronavirus Challenges

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) said on Tuesday that special, set-aside funding is required for tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to deal with the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report in The Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. AIHEC said that TCUs need to move instruction online […]

March 24, 2020

COVID-19

Love in the Time of the Coronavirus

The world is in a panic and chaos brews in the media and in the communities where we live. How does one make sense of and put words to this epidemic that has become known as the Coronavirus (COVID-19)?

March 23, 2020

COVID-19

Moody’s Lowers Higher Education Sector’s Outlook to Negative Due to Coronavirus

Moody’s, a credit rating agency, this week downgraded its U.S. higher education outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’, as college and university operations in the country have been thrown into complete disarray due to the spread of the coronavirus.

March 19, 2020

Disabilties

For Students With Disabilities, A Mass Shift to Online Courses Comes With Deep Concerns

As colleges and universities hastily prepare to shift their courses online in response to the coronavirus, some students might welcome the chance to attend class from their homes in pajamas. But for students with disabilities, remote courses come with a host of new concerns.

March 19, 2020

Students

Senate Democrats Propose Cancelling $10,000 in Debt for All Federal Student Borrowers Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Senate Democrats on Thursday called for “a minimum” of $10,000 in student loan relief for all federal student loan borrowers due to the widespread uncertainty caused by the spread of the coronavirus.

March 19, 2020

COVID-19

U of Minnesota Suspends A Program After Controversial Coronavirus Skit

The University of Minnesota removed a student from his leadership position at a student program, and then suspended the program, after he directed a controversial skit depicting the coronavirus turning people into zombies, reported Minnesota Daily. What happened was that, in February, students performed a skit that depicted people turning into zombies after a student […]

March 19, 2020

COVID-19

Coronavirus Claims Life of U of Washington Professor

The novel coronavirus has claimed the life of a longtime University of Washington pathology professor who was renowned in his field, reported the Associated Press. The professor, Dr. Stephen Schwartz, who died Tuesday, had taught at the university since 1974. He was co-founder of the North American Vascular Biology Organization. It wasn’t clear how or […]

March 19, 2020