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NEW HAVEN, CT —Some 14,000 international students were enrolled in Connecticut colleges in 2019. It was announced by the Trump Administration last week that those students must attend in-person classes or risk losing their visas. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ordered Monday that visa-holding international students at schools […]
Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, Gomi Zou signs onto her computer to virtually attend her communications class: a recorded lecture voiced by her professor against the backdrop of a black screen. “I spend five hours each weekday watching lectures on my computer, which doesn’t include prep and doing assignments for […]
Then, earlier this month, she contracted the coronavirus and had to spend more than a week in isolation housing. She couldn’t be around friends and was barred from playing sports. Alone, she consumed herself with schoolwork. “I felt like I was spiraling,” Brownell said. She adds that she doesn’t think […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Every day at 5 p.m., no matter what Dr. Debra Schwinn is doing, Palm Beach Atlantic University’s new president jumps on a Zoom call — not with faculty or donors, but with students in isolation due to the coronavirus. Schwinn, a physician and mom, worries […]
Personal finance can be something college students struggle with. Lauren is here to help. Photo by Lauren Hough. LAUREN HOUGH | OPINION COLUMNIST | [email protected] Foreword: I am the least qualified person to be giving you this advice — I am a sophomore economics major with nothing more than an […]
Sarah Hirschorn, a first-year student from Boston, studies at Brooks Dining Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus on Feb. 8. USM started allowing students to sit at tables and in booths this month, with one person at a table or booth. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Buy this Photo […]
When Francis Davidson was wrapping up his first year of college at McGill University in 2012, the then 19-year-old philosophy and economics major wanted to make some extra cash, so he rented out his apartment for the summer. By subletting his and his roommates’ three-bedroom downtown Montreal apartment to vacationers […]
(CNN) — When you’re just starting out, your credit is one of your most important financial assets. It can help you in the future when you need to buy a car, secure a loan or eventually get a mortgage for your first home. Even if those things are far […]
In a college application season like no other, students who have seen every aspect of their lives disrupted by the coronavirus are grappling with how to show their potential. High school seniors around the U.S. are facing January and February college application deadlines without SAT and ACT entrance exam scores, […]
Credit: Emma Simpson on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/mNGaaLeWEp0 A study of students at seven public universities across the United States has identified risk factors that may place students at higher risk for negative psychological impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Factors associated with greater risk of negative impacts include the amount of […]
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Say goodbye to boring gym equipment on your vacation or during a midday workout at the office. Because Peloton (PTON) just took a giant leap in getting its connected bikes and treads outside of the comfy confines of your home. The fitness player disclosed Monday evening it will spend $420 […]
Natalie Aronno is attending UC Irvine remotely to study dance. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) Part of a year-end series revisiting subjects of some of our most popular arts articles of the year. For freshman starting college this fall, COVID-19 upended their education, as some colleges closed their campuses and offered […]
TipRanks Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 30% From Current Levels After a true annus horribilus, we’re all ready for better times. The US equity strategy team at Goldman Sachs, led by David Kostin, sees those better time ahead, and in the near-term. The team is predicting […]
Francesca Gastaldo knew her freshman year at Rice University in Houston would be different from what she had originally anticipated when she began applying to colleges last year as a senior at School Without Walls in D.C. Even though she knew most of her classes would be mostly online, she […]
Not every tip and tactic applies to every team or game, but go over this checklist to make sure you aren’t missing a key edge or angle that could impact your best college football bowl bets. Photo By – USA TODAY Sports After a patchwork 2020 college […]
Joe Biden has been voted in as the next US presidential by the electoral college, formalising his victory over Donald Trump despite the latter’s baseless claims of mass voter fraud. Monday saw each of the so-called electors, 538 nominated individuals who under the idiosyncrasies of the US electoral system are […]
American students and their parents continue to take out student loans to pay for their undergraduate and graduate degrees. People who are attending college are paying for tuition, room and board, books, and other necessities by taking out student loans or using credit cards. The Federal Reserve said in a report that […]
As students prepared to head home from Penn State prior to Thanksgiving Break, Nittany Express Inc. launched a new program to make the departure process easier on students and parents. This semester still posed the same travel problems, as well as new ones due to the coronavirus pandemic, to those […]
As students prepared to head home from Penn State prior to Thanksgiving Break, Nittany Express Inc. launched a new program to make the departure process easier on students and parents. This semester still posed the same travel problems, as well as new ones due to the coronavirus pandemic, to those […]
The U Experience, a startup which aims to create a “bubble campus” environment for college students studying remotely, is aiming to launch at a Texas resort in January. Previous attempts didn’t go forward in Hawaii, Arkansas, and Florida. One epidemiologist told Business Insider the program just can’t be a “true […]
Mike Tverdov knows better than anyone what life is like on the Rutgers campus following a big win. Rutgers’ redshirt junior defensive end witnessed the parties that would light up New Brunswick following Scarlet Knights triumphs in the late 2000s when his brother, Pete, was a standout defensive player. And […]