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COVID-19 FAQs on Tuition, Financial Aid and Student Loans
The global outbreak of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, has led to university closures across the United States, dismissing thousands of students from campus with little notice and, in many cases, little guidance. While administrators are scrambling to safely and efficiently shut down their campuses, both international and domestic students face unique obstacles and unforeseen costs… Read More
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COVID-19 Is Destroying Internship Opportunities at an Epidemic Pace – How Students Can Adapt
As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the United States, companies are taking precautionary measures. They’re postponing events, freezing hiring and laying off employees. Some have even canceled their internship programs. Yelp, for example, recently announced it won’t hold its internship program this summer, and more than 2,200 college students and recent graduates participating in Disney’s… Read More
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100 Free Ivy League Courses You Can Take Now
Updated April 21, 2022 If you’re considering taking a class or want to learn something new to advance your career or just because you’re interested, you cannot go wrong with free courses that you can take online. Coursera alone has hundreds of free online courses taught by professors from prestigious universities, including Ivy League universities.… Read More
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How to Ace Your Online Classes, Amid Coronavirus
In a widespread effort to limit the impact of COVID-19, higher education institutions across the United States have decided to close down their campuses and move classes entirely online. So, if you’re a college student, chances are you’ve been asked to study remotely. And perhaps it’s your first time. Transitioning from in-person to online classes… Read More
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Separating Fact From Fiction – Learn the Science Behind COVID-19 With This Free Online Course
As COVID-19 sweeps the globe and upends life as we know it, some fake news about the novel coronavirus is also permeating social media news feeds. Fortunately, for those searching for evidence-based information on how to combat this pandemic, the Imperial College London’s Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA) has recently launched… Read More
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As Campuses Close, edX Expands Free Access to Online Courses
As universities around the world move classes online due to the spread of COVID-19, edX, a popular platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs), has announced a new initiative to assist in the transition to online courses. The initiative, dubbed the Remote Access Program, will allow students from participating universities to freely access courses offered… Read More
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The 6 Main Ways Colleges are Responding to Coronavirus
As COVID-19, the new coronavirus, continues to spread throughout the United States, colleges and universities are taking action to protect their students and slow down the outbreak. Although their efforts vary based on factors like location and enrollment, nearly every higher education institution, from Harvard University to Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), is… Read More
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
Learn Something New During Your Coronavirus Break As COVID-19 spreads throughout the United States, college students around the country are being asked to return home. Over 100 colleges have already announced that they are cancelling in-person classes, and many have even closed residence halls in an attempt to contain the virus. That leaves plenty of… Read More
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Amid Coronavirus, Coursera Grants Universities Free Access
As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, colleges and universities are feeling its impact. In an effort to stem its spread, universities around the world are taking a variety of precautionary measures. For example in South Korea, where the academic year starts in early March, universities have pushed back the start date to an undetermined time… Read More
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Life on Hold – Coronavirus In South Korea
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, the sun felt too warm and the spring breeze too fresh to stay indoors. For the first time in a long time, Eunji Kim, 31, who lives in South Korea, drove in her new MINI Cooper (in pretty solaris orange) to grab a late lunch with a few friends. Before… Read More
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Students React to Campus Closures Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Amid growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus, colleges and universities across the United States are upping their precautionary measures. In addition to transitioning from in-person to online classes, an increasing number of colleges and universities are now telling students to go home. On Tuesday (March 10), Harvard University asked students not… Read More
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How College Students Can Keep Themselves & Others Coronavirus-Free
Americans have made many efforts to slow down the nationwide spread of COVID-19, the new coronavirus sweeping across the world. Grade schools have temporarily closed their doors. Companies are increasingly asking their employees to work from home. And in highly infected areas, even storefronts have decided to shut down for the time being. Colleges and… Read More
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How Colleges Are Reacting Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak
As the new strain of coronavirus, formally called COVID-19, continues to sweep across the world, American colleges and universities are taking action to protect their students and minimize the outbreak altogether. While the vast majority of campuses remain open, higher education institutions are canceling their travel programs, advising students to self-quarantine, developing precautionary plans in… Read More
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Quarantined and Looking for Something to Pass the Time? Why Not Help Find a Cure for Coronavirus?
The University of Washington (UW) is looking to crowdsource a cure to stop the spread of COVID-19, the highly contagious strain of coronavirus sweeping throughout the world. By way of a new online puzzle game, the university is calling on professional and citizen scientists to design a protein that could block the virus from interacting… Read More
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Experts Launch Free Online Course to Tackle Coronavirus
Experts from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have launched a free online coronavirus course, uncovering some of the mysteries behind the virus and providing solutions going forward. The course, which is available through the online facilitator FutureLearn, offers the latest information on coronavirus and includes details on how it spreads, how… Read More
