Raging campus outbreaks send students home nationwide
Weeks into the academic year, colleges are hosting raging clusters of infections. Experts say those virus cases could threaten surrounding communities.
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IU orders 10 houses to quarantine after positive virus tests
Members of eight Greek houses and students living in two other houses off the Bloomington campus have been ordered to suspend in-person organizational activities, other than dining and housing for live-in members.
Former IU athletic director Glass joining Indianapolis law firm
Fred Glass, 61, will become a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, where he will operate a general business law practice, while also handling matters related to higher education, employment, government matters, sports, media and entertainment.
Butler University makes last-second switch to online classes after more COVID cases
The school has decided to start its fall semester with students on campus but taking undergraduate classes online for two weeks, following an increase in coronavirus cases and evidence some students aren’t following safety guidelines.
Notre Dame moves classes online for two weeks—but isn’t sending students home
Since classes resumed Aug. 10, Notre Dame has recorded a steady increase in positive rates among students, mainly seniors living off-campus. As of noon Tuesday, 147 people had tested positive among the 927 tested since Aug. 3.
Virus clusters erupt at U.S. universities as semester begins
The University of Notre Dame has reported 58 confirmed cases since students returned to the South Bend campus in early August.
IU reviews legacy of school’s 7th president, who advocated eugenics
A university committee has been formed to review all things named after David Starr Jordan on IU’s Bloomington campus—Jordan Hall, Jordan River and Jordan Avenue, as well as several scholarships, fellowships and other awards.
PARENTING: With recent grads at home indefinitely, parents and ‘kids’ navigate life at home. Together.
As 2020 graduates face an uncertain job market, delayed start dates and little sense of when offices can reopen, some are staying home longer than planned. Others are at home indefinitely.
Lumina Foundation to devote $15M to dismantling systemic racism
The Indianapolis-based grant maker intends about 25% of the money to help organizations and initiatives in Indiana over three years. Half a million dollars already has been committed to the Central Indiana Racial Equity Fund.
Trump administration rescinds pandemic rule on foreign students
Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the administration called off a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the pandemic.
More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule
The lawsuit challenges a recently announced directive saying international students cannot stay in the United States if they take all their classes online this fall.
New rules: Foreign pupils must leave U.S. if classes go online
Colleges across the U.S. were already expecting sharp decreases in international enrollment this fall, but losing all international students could be disastrous for some. Many depend on tuition revenue from international students, who typically pay higher tuition rates.
As virus cases rise, governors warn college football season could be in danger
With cases of the novel coronavirus rising in the South and West, some governors hope that the threat of a canceled college football season will encourage their residents to follow public health guidelines.
Q&A: Leah Gunning Francis on the responsibility of faith leaders in social justice
Francis ponders the role of clergy in combatting systemic racism and calling for social justice, which she wrote about in the 2015 book “Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community.”
Trump wants federal hiring to focus on skills over degrees
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday to direct the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize a job applicant’s skills over a college degree, administration and industry officials say.
Rose-Hulman grad helping prevent wildfires with new technology
Wes Bolsen, the founding CEO of Denver-based LaderaTech, brought to market what experts are calling a revolutionary spray-on flame retardant that adheres to grass and plant life for remarkably long periods of time.
Student housing firms see upside to uncertainty over colleges’ return
With students expected to return to most Indiana college campuses this fall, housing management firms are anticipating a boost to their bottom lines and a renewed interest in off-campus living.
IUPUI students pioneering technology to help emergency responders
A team of five recent IUPUI graduates and two faculty members were recently awarded $112,500 by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology for its software to help emergency providers, and the group has a shot at another $70,000.
Top conferences ask Congress for athlete compensation law
Conference commissioners encouraged federal lawmakers to not wait for the NCAA process to play out before passing a national law that would set parameters for college athletes to be compensated for use of their names, images and likenesses.
Wabash College promotes dean to president’s post
Scott Feller will become Wabash’s 17th president since the Crawfordsville-based men’s college was founded in 1832.