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How tutoring could be a key to lifting kids out of ‘COVID slide’
Zachary Carr hadn’t known Victor for long. Carr, 21, began tutoring the rising fifth grader in mid-June, shortly after wrapping up his junior year at Middle Tennessee State University. But Carr had spent enough one-on-one time with Victor to discern that the boy was...
Contracts, masks and apps: Colleges set new rules for campus life
As the number of coronavirus cases surges across the U.S., skepticism is mounting over colleges' ability to resume campus activity in the fall. Still, as of mid-July, around 55% of colleges were aiming for an in-person fall semester while another 30% were proposing a...
Why Test Scores Can Be a “Proxy for Privilege”
Rohini Mettu got a perfect score on the ACT standardized test. The 20-year-old University of Washington student worked hard for that outcome, spending countless hours in expensive test-prep classes and countless more studying on her own. But Mettu, a rising junior,...
Can colleges pull off widespread coronavirus testing?
Back in March, people began trickling into Calvin University's health center complaining of symptoms such as body aches and sore throats. The students and employees tested negative for the flu, leading campus officials to suspect they'd come down...
Uncertain when campuses can open, colleges make their fall plans flexible
Residential colleges are scrambling to get and provide clarity as to how the COVID-19 pandemic might alter their educational offerings. This guesswork involves questions such as whether campuses will even be allowed to reopen in the fall — and if so, what sorts of...
Americans abroad faced a choice: Come home or stay put for an ‘indefinite period.’ These women stayed.
Charlotte Lau is a self-described “digital nomad.” The 31-year-old American citizen has lived and worked in other countries since graduating with a bachelor’s in international relations roughly a decade ago. Born and raised in New York City, Lau was always fascinated...