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Mourners look over flowers that line a bridge near the scene of a shooting on the grounds of the University of Virginia Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022, in Charlottesville. Va.

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  • National

The UVA shooting suspect faces an initial court appearance Wednesday

The 22-year-old student charged in the shooting deaths of fellow students at the University of Virginia faces an initial court appearance Wednesday.

November 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A grave marker amid the trees in the African American cemetery outside the Penfield Cemetery of Mercer University.

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  • History

A path toward reconciling history and slavery cuts through a cemetery

Around the country, colleges and universities are beginning to work through their historical relationships to the institution of slavery. Sometimes the history is well documented, even if ignored. In other cases, the connection between higher learning and slavery requires some detective work.

March 11, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
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
Hattie Thomas Whitehead in the courtyard of Creswell Hall on the University of Georgia campus, mere feet from where the shotgun house she was raised in once stood. Thomas Whitehead and others with connections to the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a mind of reparations for the neighborhood's erasure.

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  • History

Reparations For 'Terrorism,' 'White Supremacy' In Athens Mark A Georgia First

Former residents of the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a kind of reparations for the erasure of the neighborhood in the urban renewal period.

April 14, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Gabriel Toro, 23, stands on the sidewalk near his apartment in Boston on March 11. Toro completed the credits required for a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston but the school wouldn't release Toro's transcript or degree because of an unpaid balance.

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  • National

States Step In To Stop Colleges Holding Transcripts Ransom For Unpaid Bills

An estimated 6.6 million students can't obtain their transcripts or degrees for having unpaid bills as low as $25 or less. Several states have passed or are considering laws to curb the practice.

April 03, 2021
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  • Jon Marcus
A view of the NCAA logo during the first round of March Madness on March 21, 2019, at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. The NCAA announced it plans to hold the 2021 Men's Division I tournament in a single geographic location.

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  • Sports

NCAA Takes A Shot At Hosting 2021 Men's March Madness Tournament In One Area

The NCAA said hosting a tournament across 13 U.S. cities "would be very difficult to execute." Talks are underway to try to hold all 67 games of the tournament in Indianapolis in March and April.

November 16, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
The UC Berkeley campus sits empty on July 22.The University of California admitted at least 64 students over more qualified applicants due to the students' connections to university staff or donors, according to a California state audit released Tuesday.

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  • Education

Audit: University Of California Admitted 64 Students Over More Qualified Applicants

The students admitted were well-connected to staff or donors and took spots from more qualified applicants.

September 23, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
A group of University of Georgia freshmen play basketball behind the high rise dormitories on Baxter Street a few days before the start of the fall 2020 term.

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  • Health

Lack Of Contact Tracing At UGA Poses Threat To Students

The University of Georgia trained contact tracers in the summer. Why aren't they at work on campus now?

September 10, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
Matt Nowling, a senior at Denison University and interim president of College Democrats of America, is one of many campus activists adjusting to virtual organizing during the pandemic.

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  • Education

College Political Activists Trade Door-Knocking For Apps To Register Voters

College campuses are traditionally a big venue for voter registration, but during the pandemic, political mobilization efforts are going virtual.

September 03, 2020
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  • Shannon Bond
Mercer University students pledging the Phi Mu sorority pose for a group photo outside Willingham Hall on the Macon campus recently.

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  • Health

Mercer University Logs 103 Student Coronavirus Cases

Mandatory testing at Mercer University has identified 103 students, out of 4,229 tested, who have contracted the coronavirus.

August 21, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship

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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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  • Tovia Smith

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