Colleges and universities

Waste water testing will be one of NJIT's "best tools" for being able to detect coronavirus before it spreads, a university official said.

The majority of the cities have a University of Wisconsin (UW) school within their city limits.

There are currently at least 13 "active large fires" in Oregon, according to the latest report from the National Interagency Fire Center.

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-Semitism is the gold standard to adopt.

The majority of those in attendance broke social distancing guidelines as they mingled. Many did not wear masks, or wore them improperly, video footage shows.

A free society depends upon the ability of its citizens to think freely.

The state's department of health refused to release information on which schools and universities have coronavirus cases, after a local reporter submitted an open records request.

University president Lee C. Bollinger wrote in a letter addressed to students and faculty members that the dorm, Bard Hall, would be renamed this fall with one that "represents our University's values."

UA administrators released the most recent round of coronavirus numbers Friday evening, reporting an additional 481 positive cases in students within the past three days.

Despite the fact that only 15.1 percent of UNC-CH's main campus was occupied as of August 24, the university reported a 31.3 percent positivity rate for coronavirus tests this past week.

While ECU administration anticipated coronavirus cases cropping up on campus, Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson said that the university had seen a "greater spike" than expected.

Syracuse University students were recently captured on video gathering in large crowds across campus, not following social distancing measures and shortly after they received criticism from the university.

The Power 5 conferences need to put student athletes first and collaborate to ensure player safety. Until that is done, no collegiate football should be played.

Scholars unite in defense of the free exchange of ideas.

The former vice president of the undergraduate student government at USC explains why she resigned.

"We need to stay safe from Covid-19 by staying at home," 30 tenured UNC-CH faculty members wrote in an open letter to students published Thursday.

University of Victoria student Chelsea Kutyn was fighting COVID-19 for almost a month. Not only did she win her fight against the disease, she graduated with distinction at the top of her class.

The time has come for parents to abandon their long-held idea that college, any college, is good for their children.

Intellectual haughtiness on the university campus must be resisted.

Total losses for the U.K.'s university sector could be up to £19 billion and could lead to some institutions closing.

Enjoy a productive summer and engage in these fun activities that will also turn the heads of college admissions.

Trauma doesn't pause for summer holidays, and the traumatic effects of this pandemic will not disappear when we come back to school in the fall, whether in person or online.

The economics profession must end its century of systemic racism.

A survey found nearly a third of prospective and current college students were not interested in attending college this fall if classes can be attended only online.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' highly criticized changes weaken protections for survivors of campus sexual assault and threaten the progress of the #MeToo movement.

An activist at La Verne University who claimed to be the target of racism has been charged with perjury and filing false police reports.

The federal dragnet is so massive that investigators have given the case the code name "Lurking Giants."

Rather than accusing students and families of "excessive" borrowing, look at the excessive price of college. If anything, students and families need access to more money, not less.

Now is the time for universities to transform, for it is they who are best placed to address the most pressing issues in this rapidly changing world.

Colleges across the nation are increasingly turning away from using the ACT and SAT for admission. Here's a list of some of the top schools doing so.