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In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble. In recent weeks, many schools, including New York University, Boston University, Boston College, Notre Dame, Cambridge and Harvard Medical School, have announced guidelines for the fall 2020 semester.
Over the past month, many of the College’s peer institutions have announced their plans on whether or how to return to campus for the fall semester. President Maud S. Mandel committed to making an announcement about the College’s plans by July 1, and as that date draws near, the Chronicle of Higher Education has compiled a list of the plans released by over 1,000 colleges and universities. According to their tracker as of Tuesday night, 64 percent of colleges are planning for an in-person semester, 16 percent are proposing a hybrid model, 7 percent are considering a range of scenarios, 8 percent of are planning for an online semester and 5 percent still waiting to decide.
California State University, the largest public four-year university system in the country, announced yesterday that it will hold most classes online this fall.
This week, colleges and universities across the U.S. cancelled classes due to the spread of the coronavirus.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, 52,600 students from U.S. colleges studied in China, Italy and South Korea, according to the International Institute of Education, and numbers in more recent years are likely to be similar. However, colleges around the country have recently faced difficult decisions due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has affected several popular study-abroad locations.
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble.
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble.
Colorado State University-Pueblo offers cannabis major
Colorado State University-Pueblo will be offering a four-year bachelor of science in cannabis biology and chemistry (CBC) beginning next fall, the Colorado Department of Higher Education announced in a Facebook post on Feb. 7.
CSU-Pueblo is one of the first institutions in the nation to have a cannabis-related major.
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble.
Harvard and Georgetown Universities
On Feb. 4, the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University voted overwhelmingly to push for divestment from fossil fuel companies.
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble. In the past several weeks, two universities have weathered controversy over interactions with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Harvard University
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s daily student newspaper, is facing criticism over its decision to request comment from ICE for a Sept.
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble. Federal District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled on Oct.
The U.S. Department of Education has ordered Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) to make changes to their jointly-run Middle East studies program, due in part to the program’s alleged bias in favor of Islam and against other religions. In an Aug.
