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College students and businesses unsure what the fall semester will look like

by Andy Uhler
Aug 4, 2020
A look at how businesses on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin will be affected.
Students walk on Havard University's campus in July.
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Gap year not on horizon for students as most plan to head back to college

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 29, 2020
A Sallie Mae survey finds most students will return to college in the fall — online or in person.
The campus of Columbia University in New York City. Few college students are planning to take the next school year off.
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Historically Black colleges and universities face new financial hurdles

by Kristin Schwab
Jul 24, 2020
The pandemic has reduced HBCUs' enrollment, affecting tuition revenue. Even before this year, many struggled financially.
Pictured: Graduates of Bowie State University, an HBCU in Maryland, attended ceremonies with messages on their mortarboard hats in 2013.
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Higher education could see big revenue losses from a sports shutdown

by Kristin Schwab
Jul 10, 2020
College sports bring TV contracts, corporate donations and other income that could be lost this year due to COVID-19.
Fans cheer the Ohio State University Buckeyes at a 2008 game. In one year, sports brought in $209 million to the school.
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Colleges worry about loss of foreign student cash and skills with visa decision

by Jasmine Garsd
Jul 7, 2020
International students are being given the option to transfer to a university that is holding in-person classes.
Georgetown University, above, is one of the U.S. colleges planning on offering hybrid classes in the fall — some in-person and some online.
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How one college is planning to reopen campus in the fall, amid COVID-19

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Jun 9, 2020
Beloit College's pandemic response includes overhauling the academic calendar.
Along with changing its academic calendar, Beloit College is planning to give students single rooms and limit class sizes to 10.
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Which colleges say they'll reopen in the fall? And which ones are keeping classes online?

by David Brancaccio , Jasmine Garsd and Alex Schroeder
May 20, 2020
Location is a big factor. And closing down this semester cost universities billions.
Notre Dame University said it will be resuming in-person classes this fall.
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Chegg CEO: In the short term, COVID-19 will be "devastating" for higher ed

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
May 19, 2020
Dan Rosensweig, CEO of educational tech company Chegg, predicts COVID-19 will dramatically change higher education as we know it.
The campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., is seen nearly empty as classes were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK universities stand to lose billions if the pandemic keeps foreign students away

by Stephen Beard
May 12, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of foreign students may not enroll at British schools in the next academic year.
A deserted All Souls College at Oxford University. Oxford has a large endowment, but foreign students make up 40% of those enrolled.
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For international students staying in the U.S., COVID-19 closures led to a scramble for housing

by Alan Yu
Mar 31, 2020
As schools closed, some students wondered: Where should I go next?
Not all international students could afford to return home after campuses closed.
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