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Education

College leaders are bringing students back this fall. One reason is they're worried that staying online will hurt the value of their degrees.

The Supreme Court has, as expected, poked another hole in the wall between church and state; it will weaken public education and open the door to making taxpayers foot the bill for religious discrimination.

Today's Supreme Court decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, chips away at the separation of church and state. Justice Neil Gorsuch would like to eviscerate it.

James Baldwin’s insights, Professor Buccola explained, help us understand that George Floyd’s murder and the response to it are rooted in “structures of power [that] communicate to some human beings that their lives do not matter as much.”

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio has proposed significant cuts to CUNY ASAP, a program proven to double graduation rates for low-income college students.

Although medical school graduations took place virtually this year due to COVID-19, it certainly does not make becoming a physician any less meaningful or impactful; it’s quite the opposite. Here's how COVID-19 has changed medical school now and into the future.

New data show that the coronavirus pandemic, which hit college campuses in the middle of the spring, 2020 semester, had little overall effect on the enrollment status of students’ during the term.

“William Barr should not be held as a model member of our community because of his disgraceful actions,” says a petition recommending that Barr be stripped of the honor.

Williams College, one of the country's most elite liberal arts colleges, has cut its tuition by 15% for the 2020-2021 academic year due to the impact of the coronavirus on academics and student activities. It will offer both online and in-person classes, and has cancelled the fall sports season.

As schools in the US have wrapped up the year with their students at home engaged in distance learning, the attention is now shifting to looking ahead and prepping for the next academic year.