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July 14, 2020
Breaking News: Universities Sue Over International Students and Government Backs Down
In the face of overwhelming pressure, the government has backed down and agreed to rescind new rules promulgated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on July 6, 2020. The administration had thrown a monkey wrench into college reopening plans by saying that ICE would no longer permit international students to remain in the U.S.…
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July 13, 2020
Colleges Will Distribute Health Kits to Students This Fall
Freshmen have often been treated to college-logo water bottles and perhaps a t-shirt when they first step foot on campus, welcoming them as new members of the community. This year, schools are doing much more to try to protect the safety of all students, faculty and staff by distributing things like face masks, sanitizer and…
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Health Kits are the New College Swag: What Some Schools are Doing
Freshmen have often been treated to college-logo water bottles and perhaps a t-shirt when they first step foot on campus, welcoming them as new members of the community. This year, schools are doing much more to try to protect the safety of all students, faculty and staff by distributing things like face masks, sanitizer and…
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July 12, 2020
Can We Give this Year’s Seniors a Chance To Love Their Senior Year?
My high schooler’s senior picture session did not get off to a very promising start. She’d scheduled an evening time slot in hopes of getting sunset lighting, but just minutes before the assigned time, her photographer (a fabulous recent grad from my daughter’s school) called from the middle of a family emergency. Could they push…
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I Want My Son to Go Back to College But I’m So Afraid
I’m so damn torn up about the next academic year. I’ve been flailing in the wind struggling with indecision nearly giving myself whiplash. I desperately want my son, a rising college sophomore, to go back to college. He and I both need him to. Living here together is fine, no harsh drama, no tales of…
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He Hauled Trash to Pay for College, Now On to Harvard Law
Tried and true cliches often sound tired and like they may not be true, but sometimes they are all we have to get us through tough times like the ones we are in. Rehan Staton’s story illustrates that the truism that “hard work pays off” is anything but cliche and that adversity can be overcome.…
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Seven Things I Wish I Had Known Before Freshman Year of College
Going away to college is one of the biggest transitions I’d ever had to make. I sat in my dorm room that first day with a huge smile, but inside, I was a mixture of petrifying fear and excitement. You’re thrown advice in graduation cards left and right… “Study hard!” “Go to sleep!” “These friends…
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July 10, 2020
An Open Letter From a Concerned Mom to College Administrators
Dear College Administrators, First, let me just say that I wouldn’t want to be in your position. The decisions you need to make are Solomonic and all paths are fraught with peril. I’m giving you the full benefit of the doubt because I have read your tome about reopening, and it seems intelligent and well-reasoned.…
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When We Graduated From High School “Goodbye” Meant Something
Good-bye in 1987 meant something my 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son could never understand. After my high-school graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden, all 700 and something of my classmates milled around in the June heat, wearing our polyester green and white caps and gowns and looking for any reason to prolong our departures. We…
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Colleges Are Eliminating Some Sports And They Are Not Coming Back
College sports are feeling the pressure of upcoming budget cuts at colleges and universities. While cancelling fall sports on some campuses grabbed headlines, a developing story is the number of colleges that are discontinuing some of their athletic programs. This week Stanford University, one of the country’s wealthiest universities with one of the most successful…
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