Survey: Many college students are reluctant to seek mental health support during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — For many students, spending the year with COVID has felt like being on a sinking ship, desperately searching for a lifeboat and perhaps choosing one that falters when lowered. Campus counseling centers and their staffs are continuing to comfort others even as their own lives are at stake.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Videoconferencing platform Zoom published a new policy giving higher education institutions greater control over their online events and the speakers to whom they chose to give platforms. For academics and groups supporting free speech and academic freedom, the changes are a welcome step in the right direction.
Read More about Zoom criticized for canceling controversial virtual events organized by college groupsCalifornia community college enrollment falls sharply amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The California Community College system had a 12 percent enrollment decline from fall 2019 to fall 2020 — a loss of 186,688 students — a staggering figure for the largest college system in the country and a likely harbinger of the demographic and fiscal challenges that lie ahead for the sector nationally.
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THE ADVOCATE — Louisiana bar exam test-takers won’t have to commit material to memory after the state Supreme Court announced that July tests will be open-book and conducted remotely due to the pandemic. An order approved Wednesday by the state’s highest court mirrors a similar decision last year.
Read More about Louisiana July bar exam to be administered remotely in an open-book formatPenn Law professor Eric Feldman discusses the challenges colleges face in mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students
CNBC — Every year, colleges across the country require students to get vaccinations for diseases such as Measles and Tetanus. Now, one year into the coronavirus pandemic, vaccines against the virus are becoming available for college-age students. Rutgers University announced that the school would update its typical vaccine requirements.
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Latinx Law Students Association held its 24th annual conference, “Fighting an Uphill Battle: Examining the Legal Implications of COVID-19 on the Latinx Community,” on April 3. The conference included two panels.
Read More about Penn Law Latinx Law Students Association hosts conference on the impact of COVID-19Saint Louis University Law professor Ruqaiijah Yearby discusses inequality and the government’s pandemic response at University of Houston Law Center
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby of the Saint Louis University School of Law was the most recent speaker in the 2021 University of Houston Law Center Spring Workshop Series, “Race, Social Change, and the Law,” last week.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — Syracuse Law Review—an academic journal published by Syracuse University College of Law—and SUNY Upstate Medical University have announce the winners of their COVID-19 writing competition. The special contest encouraged graduate students of Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate to write or co-author original articles.
Read More about Syracuse Law Review announces COVID-19 writing competition winnersFaculty salaries and benefits decline during the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Average faculty pay fell by 0.4 percent this year, adjusting for inflation, the first such decrease since 2011-12, according to preliminary data from the American Association of University Professors’ annual Faculty Compensation Survey. This top-line figure doesn’t tell the full story of how academic salaries have fared during COVID-19.
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ABC NEWS — U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should – or legally can – require it. Universities including Rutgers, Brown, Cornell and Northeastern recently told students they must get vaccinated before returning.
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