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Savannah State University president Kimberly Ballard-Washington speaks at a signing ceremony at the HBCU's campus, as Grand Valley State University president Philomena Mantella watches remotely from her office near Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Savannah State finds far-flung partner in Michigan to expand access, affordability for HBCU students

Georgia's oldest public HBCU has opened an enrollment “pipeline” with Michigan's Grand Valley State University.

August 31, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The closure of Lincoln College is a shocking turnaround for a small Illinois college that welcomes first-generation students and qualifies as a predominantly Black institution.

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Lincoln College closes after 157 years, blaming COVID-19 and cyberattack disruptions

It's a shocking turnaround for a small Illinois college that welcomes first-generation students and qualifies as a predominantly Black institution.

May 10, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Middlebury College in Vermont suspended a study abroad program in Russia at the end of February citing safety concerns, urging the 12 students to return home. Among them was Zavier Ridgley, who was studying in Moscow when he was told to book a flight home quickly. Here, he stands for a self-portrait in front of Moscow State University in January.

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U.S. colleges are cutting their partnerships and financial ties with Russia

Colleges are pulling students from study abroad programs in Russia, ending research partnerships and cutting investments as part of a global wave of condemnation over the invasion of Ukraine.

March 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
When students at Stanford University return to campus in January, they'll be barred from holding parties or other big gatherings for two weeks.

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  • Education

Colleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID

Many colleges are telling students to prepare for another term of masking, testing and, if cases get bad, limits around social life.

December 16, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Hollins University was founded in 1842 on the principle that "young women require the same thorough and rigid training as that afforded to young men."

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Who belongs at a women's college in 2021? Students want admissions policies to change

Women's colleges have adapted admissions policies for a generation that increasingly identifies as nonbinary. Hollins University's exclusion of nonbinary applicants has raised hackles.

November 26, 2021
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  • Melissa Block
West Virginia Wesleyan College says that about 90% of faculty and staff and "a large percentage of students" have already been vaccinated.

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  • Education

Being Unvaccinated For COVID Will Cost Students At A Small College An Extra $750

West Virginia Wesleyan College won't require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — at least not yet. But the small Christian liberal arts school says it will charge students who aren't.

August 11, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman

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  • Education

More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall

More campuses are expected to add the requirement, with potential legal challenges ahead. One key point: Requiring vaccines for infectious diseases is nothing new for many residential colleges.

April 12, 2021
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  • Elissa Nadworny
At Northeastern University, 11 students were caught hanging out together in one room, in violation of bans on having guests in campus housing and on participating in crowded gatherings. They were all kicked off campus and out of their program for the semester.

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Students Accused Of Breaking College COVID-19 Rules Fight Their Punishments

As colleges crack down on students accused of violating strict pandemic safety rules, students are lawyering up to fight their punishments.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Tovia Smith

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  • National

How The Coronavirus Has Upended College Admissions

Because of the pandemic, many students will be applying without standardized test scores and several other metrics selective schools have long relied on to make admissions decisions.

August 12, 2020
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By:
  • Tovia Smith

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