ECU Moves Closer to Decision in Chancellor Search
A search committee is reviewing prospects and will suggest three candidates for the Board of Governors to evaluate. On WCTI.
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Students Quarantine as Faculty Get Hit with Burnout
The normal academic stress has been ramped up thanks to the pandemic. Colleges need to be aware of what they can do to help. On Inside Higher Ed.
Education Department Finalized Free Speech Rules
Though higher ed lobbyists wanted to see changes, colleges will now risk losing their federal funding if they're found to infringe on the free speech rights of students. On ACE.
Another Racial Fraud Case
CV Vitolo-Haddad, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, lied about their ethnicity. On Inside Higher Ed.
The Rough Times for Community Colleges
Buffalo Community College in New York has lost 40 percent of its students in recent years and the coronavirus has made the problem worse. On the Buffalo News.
Families Aren’t Allowed at UNC Football Games
North Carolina health officials decided against letting families watch their children compete in-person. On WBTV.
The One-Party Campus Has Abolished Restraint
With a campus political monoculture, the excesses of one side cannot be balanced or restrained by the other. On The Hill.
Transfer Students Can Now Enter ECU Honors College
ECU is making it easier for community college transfer students to have the same chances as students who start at East Carolina. On WNCT.
Ed Department Cleaning Out Critical Theory Trainings
It's following through on Trump's executive order to depoliticize. On Politico.
Grants to Community College Students Work, But Few Schools Use Them
Getting students to go full-time and providing emergency funds have shown significant improvements, but many schools don't have the funding to do it. On Washington Monthly.