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Senior reporter covering research universities. Ex- and others. Boston roots. lindsay.ellis@chronicle.com.

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    Sep 28

    A new law in Tennessee reshaped UT's board, just as the campus faced fury over Sex Week. All returning board members were booted. ("Voted off the island," as one told me.) They didn't rein in an event that was an "embarrassment" to lawmakers.

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    7 hours ago

    "Things are weird for everyone, but not weird in the same way." Good line from 's story about what this strange semester has been like for college students.

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    20 hours ago

    Some late Monday reading from me: A faculty member at Collin College died from Covid-19 complications. The way the president announced her death was callous, some faculty members say, and symbolizes a broader divide.

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    Nov 23

    Here to re-up the story I wrote as I slowly realized that colleges are sending their students home at the worst possible time & that it's impossible for many students to follow the advice the rest of us are getting: to stay put for the holidays.

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  5. Nov 23

    Columbia canceled housing contracts, so 14,000 students moved into the city. For low-income nearby tenants, that meant premature eviction.

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  6. Nov 20

    Colleges Are Sending Students Home for Thanksgiving at the Worst Possible Time

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    Nov 19

    . is looking for PAID summer interns. I started as an intern in summer 2016. Deadline to apply: December 18th.

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  8. Nov 19

    This is the case of the Shawnee State University professor who refused to use a student's requested pronouns.

    Listening to a CA6 judge (Kethledge or Thapar) asking a hypo comparing (a) requiring professors to refer to trans students in class by proper pronoun and (b) requiring a Jewish professor to refer to student as "mein fuhrer"
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  9. Nov 18

    ‘So much that went wrong’: First student diagnosed with COVID-19 describes broken belongings, little university support

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  10. Nov 18

    For Grinnell College, the Pandemic Brought an Unlikely Revelation: It Could Ditch Loans Altogether

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  11. Nov 18

    Pandemic part 1: Weddings at the drive-in Pandemic part 2: Political rallies at the drive-in Pandemic part 3: College recruitment at the drive-in

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  12. Nov 18

    This Reddit post where students ask what college was like pre-Covid 😢 "I liked being able to just sit around somewhere and not feel like I'm breaking rules or having someone tell me to move, seeing people at weekly club meetings. God it was just fun."

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    Nov 17

    A new deeply-reported piece at about the kiddies and their dark-money funded disinformation campaign to delegitimize higher education. Great work by

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  14. Nov 17

    Found in a student affairs VP's email inbox. His wife helped some students who had a squirrel stuck in their car. "Seriously, thank her from the bottom of our hearts, she was really great and I’ve never seen someone grab a squirrel with so much confidence before."

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    Nov 16

    In the states that shifted from red to blue in the presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden flipped just five counties with colleges in them.

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  16. Nov 16

    Another update: University of Miami passes 1,000 COVID cases. Less than two weeks after some students went to Key West to party during Halloween where they ignored university COVID protocols

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    Nov 12

    An incredible honor. Congratulations team!

    “HOW PG&E BURNED CALIFORNIA” – BY: AND FOR –
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  18. Nov 16

    (read for more on this: )

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  19. Nov 16

    Remember: All this is just what we know. So, so many universities are: - Not releasing regular case numbers because they are - Not regularly testing students That could mean there are many asymptomatic cases that could spur higher case counts in the coming days.

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  20. Nov 16

    UMD moves all classes online: Michigan universities are now required to:

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  21. Nov 16

    Workplace exposures, club and travel sports, private Halloween parties, and other social gatherings then spread the virus into households around Princeton University

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