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Read More »: Colleges are trying to prevent superspreader events as students head home for Thanksgiving
Thousands of college students are heading home this Thanksgiving amid a global pandemic. MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto In the months leading up to the fall, much ink was spilled — including in this publication — about colleges’ plans to bring students to campus for a semester amid a global pandemic. There’s …
Read More »: International student applications to U.S. colleges are predicted to fall this year — why that will hurt more than universities
Harvard University (pictured), along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sued the Trump administration over guidance on current international students in July. It’s likely that fewer international students will apply to U.S. colleges this year. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The number of international students studying at …
Read More »Colleges balance student safety with falling revenues during coronavirus — here’s how universities will be transformed in the fall
It’s safe to say college will be a very different experience for students this fall than what they imagined. But right now, that’s pretty much all they can be sure of. As the coronavirus pandemic swept the country this spring, colleges almost uniformly moved students from lecture halls and dorms …
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