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Classes Move Online As Outbreak Spreads at University of New Haven

New Haven Independent

UNH virus case numbers low, but higher among faculty than students

Fosters.com

Welcome to College! Please Stay in Your Room. Alone

Boston Globe

As More Colleges Stay Online, Students Demand Tuition Cuts

Associated Press

UMaine System Warns Students About Limits on Party Size

Mainebiz

As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost

New York Times (via Boston Globe)

Will Social Distancing on College Campuses Become the New Peer Pressure?

A big reason for returning to campus: Students want their social lives back.

Connecticut Mirror

Here Are the Fall Reopening Plans for the 25 Largest Colleges in Mass. 

Boston Business Journal

Dorm Rooms at the Westin? Hotels and Universities Are Teaming Up to Offer Socially Distanced Student Housing

Boston Globe

As Universities Prepare To Bring Students Back, Some Turn To Mass Coronavirus Testing

WBUR

 

Amherst Town Manager to UMass: Reopening Plan Comes with Dangers

Daily Hampshire Gazette

Resident COVID-19 Concerns Mount Over UNH’s Reopening

Fosters.com

Buffeted by COVID-19, CT universities Must Retain Students to Keep Finances Afloat

Connecticut Mirror

UNH Reopening Plan: Reduced Dorm Capacity, Other Changes

Fosters.com

More Central Mass. Colleges Plan to Reopen Campuses for Fall Term

Worcester Telegram

Mass. State Universities: Students Will Return; Fall Plans Call For In-Person Instruction, Remote Coursework

WBUR

 

Maine Private Colleges Start to Release Details for Return to Campus

Portland Press Herald

Will 2020 Crises Permanently Derail Community College Students’ Educations?

Boston Globe

Study: More than Half of High School Seniors Say Pandemic Influenced College Choice

Burlington Free Press

Classes on Weekends, No Spring Break: Colleges Scramble Academic Schedules for Upcoming Year

Boston Globe

UNH President Writes that In-person Instruction to Resume for Fall Semester

University of New Hampshire

Northeastern Announces Plan to Bring Students Back for Fall

Boston Business Journal

Connecticut Cautiously Plans to Bring College Students Back in Phases

Connecticut Mirror

Massachusetts Public Colleges, Regulators Brace For ‘Unprecedented Challenge’

WBUR

 

UVM Says Students Will Return to Campus in the Fall

Seven Days

Harvard Plans for Possibility of Remote Learning for Fall Semester

Boston Business Journal

Smith College Faces $10M Budget Gap Amid Coronavirus Shutdown

Bowdoin College Expects to Lose More than $8 million by the End of the Semester

Portland Press Herald

The New York Times

April Vacation Is a Popular Time for College Visits but Pandemic Pushes Admissions Online

COVID-19: Occupational Licensing During Public Emergencies

National Conference of State Legislatures

Already, Universities Are Planning for a Fall Without Students on Campus—Just in Case

Boston Globe

UVM Among First to Offer Early Graduation to Nursing Students to Help During Pandemic

The University of Vermont

How Colleges, Hospitals and Cities Can Work Together to Save Lives

PBS NewsHour

Tufts University to House Medical Staff, Patients in Dorms

Boston Business Journal

Colleges Brace for Fall Enrollment Drop as Coronavirus Hits Wallets

Boston Business Journal

How The Pandemic Is Disrupting Admissions For Students And Colleges

WGBH

COVID-19: How Adjuncts Are Impacted

University Business

Colleges Move Toward Pass-Fail Grading to Relieve Stress Amid Pandemic

Boston Business Journal

Tufts University President Anthony Monaco on What Colleges and Universities Can Do to Help Their Communities

Amanpour and Company

Local Colleges to Refund Upwards of $670M in Unused Student Room and Board

Boston Business Journal

University Labs Head to the Front Lines of Coronavirus Containment

The Chronicle of Higher Education

UPDATED: How Boston-area Colleges Are Approaching Refunds after Asking Students to Vacate Campus Housing

Boston.com

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Provides Training Resources for Teachers New to Online

Southern New Hampshire University

UPCEA Releases Resources on Remote Teaching, Supporting Academic Continuity of Teaching

UPCEA (University Professional and Continuing Education Association)

UMaine System Working on Plan to Reimburse Students for Room and Board, Following Spring Break

Sun Journal

Coronavirus Updates in Central Mass.

Telegram.com

Middlebury Students Organize Mutual Aid Effort after Campus Closure

VTDigger.org

St. Michael’s College, Vermont Law School Go Remote

Seven Days

Northeastern University Pushes for Federal Protections for F-1 Visa Holders

 

News@Northeastern

 

IIE Releases Survey on Effects of COVID-19

on International Students and Study Abroad
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UMass Cancels Int'l Programs

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Simmons U. Restricts Travel

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Mass. Gov. Baker Calls on Schools

Asks Massachusetts Colleges and High Schools to Cancel Any Immediate International Trips for Students
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Emerson Recalls Students from Netherlands

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WPI Suspends Int'l Programs

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COVID-19's Trauma Angle

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Johns Hopkins Case Tracker

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Northeastern University Quarantine

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Boston Globe Starts Coronavirus Now Newsletter

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Globe Adds Colleges Canceling Classes

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Middlebury Suspends In-Person Classes

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U of Maine System Prohibits Non-essential Air Travel, Opens Halls for Spring Break, Sets March 23 Deadline for Continuity of Instruction Planning

 

First U.S. Colleges Close Classrooms

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UPenn Cancellations

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Northeastern U West Coast Cancellations

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Interim Guidance from CDC

for higher education institutions
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Infected Person Attends Dartmouth Event

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Stanford U’s response to COVID-19

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Harvard Moves Classes Online, Asks Student Not to Return After Spring Break; So Did Amherst College

OLC Emergency Preparedness

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Northeastern's Seattle Campus Goes Online Only

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Scientists at Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Join International Coronavirus Research Effort