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Summary List PlacementLane Russell and Adam Bragg said that they could fix the fall's education crisis. They would offer an antidote to attending class remotely in a shadow of the college experience. Their idea: a bubble campus. In August, they announced plans for campuses in Hawaii and Arkansas, to be held in luxurious-looking resorts that "The U Experience" would buy out for the semester....

Summary List Placement When I graduated college with a BS in psychology, I knew I wanted to go to medical school. I just had to take a couple of years off, work, and then go back to school. For the first year, I did exactly that, while living with a couple of other girls, and had a blast. But then in 2019, my job...

Summary List Placement The University of New Hampshire and public health officials have identified a cluster of COVID-19 cases that are believed to be linked to a Theta Chi fraternity party on August 29, the university said in a statement.  More than 100 people attended the party without masks, according to UNH. "The August 29 party is reprehensible and will not be tolerated. As...

Polling shows that young voters are energized about the 2020 elections and overwhelmingly support Biden. But with many college campuses locked down due to COVID-19, and the Postal Service warning of delays in delivering mail-in ballots, getting them to vote is harder than ever. Students have become a moving target for the presidential campaigns as they race for the digital tools to lure this...

US universities began shifting to remote learning in light of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. Some universities, like Yale, are planning for another remote semester, while others, like Rice, expect to reopen campus with social distancing regulations in place. Here's what the top 25 US colleges and universities have discussed for fall 2020 reopening plans so far. To inform our list, Business Insider...

School-ranking website Niche ranks the best colleges in America in 2020 based on factors ranging from acceptance rates to median income six years after graduation. Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is at the top of the list. Stanford, Yale, Harvard, and Princeton occupy other top spots. Colleges across the US went remote during the spring semester to prevent the spread of the coronavirus....

College sports won't return this fall if colleges remain closed, the NCAA president Mark Emmert said in an interview May 8.  While if, how, and when schools reopen remains to be seen and will surely vary across campuses, the goal is keeping students, including student-athletes, safe.  It will be a "very unusual school year," Emmert said, and the NCAA will need to adapt accordingly.  ...

Protests erupted at Syracuse University earlier this month after a rash of racist incidents at the upstate New York campus. Insider spoke to more than 15 students about the issue, and while most said they were indeed scared, their main issue was how the administration was addressing their concerns. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. SYRACUSE, New York — A virus has been spreading...

Harvard juniors James Mathew and Ifeoma "Ify" White-Thorpe were named Harvard University's Undergraduate Council's next president and vice president, respectively, on Thursday night.  The pair campaigned on a platform that focused on inclusion and belonging, sexual assault prevention and response, and health, safety and wellness. But before Election Day, the pair shared a campaign video on YouTube that later went viral when it was...

The head football coach at Pierce College in Los Angeles has been placed on leave after football players and staff members accused him of misleading recruits and cramming 30 student-athletes into a three-bedroom apartment, according to a report from the school's newspaper, the Roundup. Pierce football players told the Roundup that each athlete paid the coach, Carlos Woods, between $300 and $400 in rent...

Late last month, Benson High School senior KeShon Henderson officially accepted a scholarship to play college basketball at Judson University in Elgin, Illinois. Hours later, while walking down the streets of Omaha, Henderson was robbed and shot twice.  Henderson was shot once in the leg and once in his lung. He was rushed to a local hospital to treat his wounds but medical complications...

Approximately 1 in 8 billionaires on the 2018 ranking of the Forbes 400 wealthiest people in America was a college dropout, Business Insider previously reported. Some of the wealthiest people in the world dropped out of college to focus on growing their companies, while others made their fortunes long after leaving school. Oracle founder Larry Ellison dropped out of college twice. Visit Business Insider's homepage...

This week, Texas State University announced it under-reported sexual assaults on campus during the 2016 and 2017 school years. The school had originally reported just eight instances of sexual assault but now says the actual number is 38. Experts told Insider they worry the real number of sexual assaults on college campuses may be much higher, and that under-reported data extends far beyond Texas...

"Contract cheating" is a rising phenomenon, with research showing that millions of students across the world had taken part in the practice of paying for completed school work.  A report by The New York Times explores the essay-for-hire industry that tasks English speakers in developing countries with writing essays for American college students. Lawmakers in the US and globally have recently started cracking down...