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Just months after images of students flooding Florida beaches and eschewing safety protocols for COVID-19 went viral, a growing number of university leaders are drawing a line in the sand with rigid plans for the upcoming spring semester.

College is a major milestone for many U.S. teens, the first time they’ve been on their own

Boston University officials said 12 students have been suspended for the fall semester for attending parties earlier this month in violation of the school’s COVID-19 safety guidelines. According to a report on BU Today, the students were suspended for participating in one of three off-campus parties held on Oct. 3 in Allston where there was no social distancing or mask…

Students will have to show a badge indicating they are complying with guidelines in order to enter buildings.

So how can students navigate this whole process when there is so much uncertainty due to COVID-19? You’ll get some great ideas and perspective in this conversation with Jon Carson, Founder and CEO of the College Guidance Network.

With so much uncertainty, now is the perfect time to go back to school. Luckily, Curry College’s Continuing and Graduate Studies programs make it easy — and affordable. The best part? You can do it from home! (SPONSORED)

Nearly 500 students at Massachusetts colleges and universities have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past month, according to new data released by the state. For the first time, state health officials began reporting COVID-19 testing data from colleges and universities on Wednesday. The report included information from 59 higher education institutions that are testing on campus. The higher education…

Thousands of students are back on college campuses in Massachusetts, where officials are dealing with the challenges of tracing COVID-19 cases.

As college students across New England return to campus for the fall semester, they’re being tested for the coronavirus. And so far, more than 700 have tested positive at nearly 80 schools in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. A New York Times database is tracking all of the coronavirus cases at colleges and universities across the…

College students’ return to Boston has long prompted fears of coronavirus spikes. Reports of parties at schools in the region have left some city leaders are questioning whether students will follow rules.

With the coronavirus spreading through colleges at alarming rates, universities are scrambling to find places to isolate the thousands of students who have caught COVID-19 or been exposed to it

With students heading back to college, some health experts are recommending that should an outbreak of COVID-19 occur on campus, students should just stay there and not return home.

During his senior year of high school, Taran Richardson was accepted to 65 colleges and was offered more than $1 million in scholarship money. Now, the 18-year-old is preparing to start his first semester of college from his mom’s house in Indianapolis. Richardson enrolled at Howard University, a Historically Black College in Washington D.C., but instead of moving out and…

An Instagram poll that asked incoming freshmen at Northeastern University whether they plan to party when they arrive on campus prompted a stern warning from administrators Saturday. Official letters sent to 115 students threatened to rescind their admission to the university if they didn’t send a reply acknowledging that they will comply with the code of conduct. “This is unacceptable,…

More than 100 incoming students responded to an Instagram poll saying they planned to party on campus.

Brandeis University was under a shelter-in-place order for over two hours Thursday after a bomb threat was received. The school said university police searched the grounds of the Waltham, Massachuetts, campus. Nothing was found and an “all clear” message was issued around 1:40 p.m. Brandeis said the bomb threat was called into the university on Thursday morning as approximately 140…

The University of Notre Dame and Michigan State universities have become the latest colleges to move classes online because of the coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has completely changed how colleges are approaching the 2020-2021 academic year. Plans differ greatly from school to school, with some planning entirely remote learning with no students on campus, some going remote with campus open and others deciding to hold at least some form of in-person classes. Testing will be part of the new normal on most…

That’s according to Ned Parsons, the Head of School at The Rivers School in Weston. So just how different will the start of the school year be? A fascinating and thoughtful conversation on how independent schools are gearing up for a very different fall.

Saint Anselm College is welcoming back about 2,000 students to its Manchester, New Hampshire, campus starting Friday, and the safety precautions start with move-in day. Or make that move-in days. This year, students will be divided into groups of 200 and move in over the course of 10 days to limit the number of people in one place at one…