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Students will now retain access to University-created Google Drive accounts until graduation, per an email update sent Thursday from Abel Liu, president of Student Council and fourth-year College student. The change comes after vocal student opposition and lobbying efforts by Student Council on behalf of students opposing the University’s decision to transition all students to Office 365 at the end of the 2021-22 school year. The policy now… Source link

HOUSTON – Rodolfo Angel Peña, 23, was an aspiring model and psychology student from Laredo, Texas, who dreamed of one day becoming a U.S. Border Patrol agent or seeing where his charm and good looks would take him. On Friday, he and some friends drove the five hours from Laredo to Houston to blow off steam at the Travis Scott show at the Astroworld music festival. By Saturday afternoon, his family was making funeral arrangements for him. Peña was one of eight people who died Friday night… Source link

The University announced all students will transition from Google to Office 365 beginning in spring of 2022 in an email sent Wednesday by Dana German, associate vice president and deputy chief information officer. Students quickly expressed anger and frustration at the decision — a petition created Wednesday has amassed over 3,800 signatures.  In an interview with The Cavalier Daily, German said the decision was made for a few reasons, one of… Source link

If you happen to be on Ohio State University’s campus this fall, you’re likely to see what looks like a robot invasion. Fear not, they come in peace—with food. GrubHub and Ohio State have partnered to launch food delivery on campus using 50 self-driving “Rovers” provided by Yandex Self-Driving Group, a spinoff by Russian search engine powerhouse Yandex. That will expand to a fleet of 100 Rovers if all goes well, a spokesman says. Ordinary cars can’t reach the pedestrian-only areas… Source link

Universities are struggling to hire staff as millions of students return to campus for the fall semester, with campus dining halls acutely feeling the labor shortage.  “Mad rush describes it pretty well — staffing shortages, supply chain shortages, a rush of students coming in who are new to campus,” one dining services employee from the University of Georgia (UGA) told Yahoo Finance. “Everybody’s overworked.” The hospitality industry generally continues to be a short-staffed sector as the… Source link

The Education Department (ED) is discharging $1.1 billion for 115,000 defrauded former students of the for-profit ITT Technical Institute (ITT) after a new review of existing regulations. ITT Technical Institute filed for bankruptcy in 2016 and shut down all campuses, affecting 149 locations and roughly 40,000 students, amid lawsuits and investigations over alleged predatory lending practices. “For years, ITT hid its true financial state from borrowers while luring many of them into taking… Source link

A new study on COVID-19 transmission done by researchers at Georgia Tech University and North Carolina State University paints a dire picture for students who go to school unmasked and unvaccinated. Model findings from the study found that in a 500-student school, an additional 70% of elementary school students may be infected with COVID-19 within three months without masks and 40% of elementary school students may be infected within three months with masks. Vaccinated middle and high schools… Source link

The Education Department (ED) is discharging $500 million in student loan debt held by 18,000 borrowers who had been defrauded by now-defunct for-profit chain ITT Tech, a sign that the Biden administration is working to address the borrower defense backlog.  “Our action today will give thousands of borrowers a fresh start and the relief they deserve after ITT repeatedly lied to them,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “Today’s action is part of the Biden-Harris… Source link

More than 11,000 students and 3,000 proud parents turned up unmasked at a stadium in Wuhan, China, for a graduation ceremony. Stringer/Reuters China Thousands of students and their parents attended a graduation ceremony at a stadium in Wuhan, China. The grads in the coronavirus pandemic’s first epicenter weren’t wearing masks or social distancing. This is because China has reported fewer than 20 cases a day across its 23 provinces. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. For several thousand… Source link

As lawmakers and advocacy groups continue to push for $50,000 in student debt cancellation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed shock over the interest rates that borrowers are being charged by the government. “The federal government is charging our students and those who have student debt 7% interest,” Schumer (D-NY) said during a press conference organized by Student Debt Crisis, an advocacy group. “You know, I’m from Brooklyn, I’d use a curse word before that 7% … can you… Source link