Coming up on @wgbhnews @morningedition: ‘They Have Lives In Their Hands': Colleges Consider Human Costs, Financial Benefits Of Reopening ⁦Robert Kelchen⁩ ⁦Juliette Kayyem⁩ ⁦Brown University⁩ UMass Amherst⁩ ⁦Harvard University⁩ #highered wgbh.org/news/education…

“I’ve got a lot of adapting to do this summer and yet I get to stay in sweatpants, so, you know, there’s pluses to everything.” My take on teaching virtually in the Fall with Kirk Carapezza coming up on @wgbhnews @morningedition ⬇️

.Harvard University President Larry Bacow announces for the first time the College will observe Juneteenth this Friday, marking the end of slavery in the US and giving all faculty and staff a full day of paid time off. #highered @wgbhnews

"You can't hide from the fact that this is happening anymore." @OnCampusWGBH's Kirk Carapezza highlights college-age activists who are increasingly taking the fight for racial justice from the screen to the streets → bit.ly/2Yb6rWl

Internal NPR email: "Next year, in 2021, Juneteenth will be an official NPR paid holiday."

Colleges in Boston and across the country are bracing for steep declines in international enrollment. The academic and economic consequences could be devastating. Our latest for The World. h/t Monica Campbell #highered Northeastern U. Boston University Boston College William C. Kirby

#TellEWA How social media shaming on campus has emerged as a national pastime - and the consequences. #highered #COVID19

.Harvard Medical School's Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH on college students social media shaming their peers for breaking COVID-19 rules: "Instead of creating a culture on these campuses of care and support, it's creating a culture of policing." Via GBH News's Kirk Carapezza → to.wgbh.org/2FrOnk6

“If we put the kind of money into community colleges that we put into highly selective private universities," Goldrick-Rab says, "students would be able to enroll, because community colleges could provide more services.”

Tough times? They're usually good for community colleges. But not this year: COVID has kept away many from classrooms that might retrain them for new jobs that are actually available, even today. Read Kirk Carapezza for the latest: to.wgbh.org/2IPsjRN

Colleges have long embraced diversity and inclusion, saying it’s part of their mission to address racial inequality. A GBH NewsCIR investigation, though, finds local colleges don’t spend much money with businesses owned by people of color. Details on @GBHNews Morning Edition.

One of the largest U.S. student loan servicers has agreed to settle a lawsuit by Massachusetts’ attorney general Maura Healey who charged the company for mishandling thousands of loans and undermining a federal debt forgiveness program. GBH News GBH #highered AG Andrea Joy Campbell

A new study by Ithaka S+R shows that colleges are withholding transcripts from more than 6.5 million Americans to collect unpaid balances. In most cases, these debts are $25 or less. #highered @wgbh @npr NPR's Education Team Wayne State University bit.ly/3rJKdH1

UMass is under "high alert" — which means students can't leave their dorm rooms. The only time to get "appropriate exercise"? When you walk to get food or get tested. umass.edu/coronavirus/fa…

In a recent study of over 30,000 college students, nearly half reported symptoms of anxiety and depression. 8 in 10 said their mental health had a negative impact on their academic performance this year. Read Kirk Carapezza's latest: wgbh.org/news/news/2021…

Coming up on GBH News Morning Edition: 3 out of 4 colleges in the US reported at least one incident of racial or ethnic bias during a two-year period. On campus, there’s growing frustration over how these cases are handled: wgbh.org/news/education… American Assoc. for Access, Equity, & Diversity ADL #highered

Our public records request found there are nearly 100,000 students who can’t obtain their transcripts because they owe money to Massachusetts public colleges. Collectively, their debt amounts to $184 million. #highered GBH GBH News The Hechinger Report Jon Marcus #mapoli

Coming up on GBH’s Morning Edition: Former Varsity Blues prosecutor says he was surprised by public outrage at college admissions scandal. wgbh.org/news/education… #highered GBH News

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“With recent protests, the Black Lives Matter movement, people wonder ‘What is this all about?’,” says a college professor in a promotional video for a new anti-racism course. Anti-racism courses are popping up on college campuses across the country: bit.ly/3bRH4zj