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Month: April 2020

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Let’s really welcome our freshmen this fall

29 Apr 2020
The Class of 2020 will not enjoy the final few rites of passage linked to the senior year of high school. No prom. No special senior day. No graduation. Thanks,…
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The toll from a pandemic

28 Apr 2020
Perhaps the word is sad. Or down. Or angry. Or afraid. Or anxious. Or lonely. Or despondent. Or resigned. Or frustrated. Whatever word best describes how you feel today as…
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Next year’s Tokyo Olympics already in doubt

28 Apr 202015 Apr 2021
The Guardian reports the Tokyo Olympics might not be held next year. “Unless an effective vaccine is developed I think it will be difficult to hold the Olympics next year,”…
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What about the staff?

27 Apr 202027 Apr 2020
There’s been plenty of discussion across the country surrounding how America’s colleges and universities will reopen in the fall. Each day brings about announcements from schools (though note how many…
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Brown president: Make students partners in getting our colleges reopened

26 Apr 2020
Christina Paxson is the president of Brown University. In today's New York Times, she offers a sober, serious but cautiously optimistic evaluation of how U.S. colleges and universities can reopen…
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New York Times captures first day of Ramadan

26 Apr 202026 Apr 2020
Islam’s holy month, Ramadan, began this year while the world continues to battle a pandemic. Photos in the New York Times of the first day of Ramadan from around the…
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Major cuts, including to athletics, coming to the University of Akron and other institutions

24 Apr 202024 Apr 2020
The photo above was taken outside my sister-in-law's house after a powerful storm ripped through her street a few years ago. The photo applies to what's happening at America's colleges…
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The presidents of Johns Hopkins and Purdue send strikingly different messages; only one of the men passes the leadership test

22 Apr 202022 Apr 2020
I begin this blog post admitting a bias: I believe a person's true character comes through during times of crisis. You must decide the degree to which those sentiments influence…
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Southern New Hampshire University makes bold promise to its incoming freshmen

22 Apr 2020
Southern New Hampshire University has informed its incoming freshmen that the school will provide   An Innovation Scholarship that covers 100% of your first-year tuition (effectively making your start at…

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