UHD : Higher Education Headlines: Week Of August 30

Press release from the University of Houston-Downtown:

August 30, 2021

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Colleges Want a Return to Normal. Their Employees Want a Reset.The Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

Five Ways Higher Ed Will Be UpendedThe Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

Feds to End Dual-enrollment Experiment, Disappointing Participating CollegesThe Washington Post[Subscription Required]

Paying For Their Own SafetyInside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

Cross-sector Collaboration to Improve Transfer in TexasInside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

First-year Students Struggled With Online Learning Last YearInside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

Taking a Stand Cost Her a JobInside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

Rice University Finds COVID-19 Rate Lower Than Originally ThoughtInside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

Lofty Aspirations: High Point University is Growing at A Rapid clip, and It’s Bucking Higher Ed’s Playbook in the ProcessHouston Business Journal[Subscription Required]

The New Title IX Regulations Should Be Reformed – Not Rolled BackThe Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

Seeing Themselves Out: More Professors Quit Over Face-to-Face Teaching MandatesInside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

Students Support Mask, Vaccine Mandates – But Not PartiesInside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

Houston Entrepreneurs Launch Campus Concierge Platform at Texas Southern University, Eye ExpansionsHouston Business Journal[Subscription Required]

FDA Approval of COVID-19 Vaccine Reportedly Imminent, With Big Implications for CollegesThe Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

Students Disenrolled and Faculty Member Fired for Flouting COVID-19 Safety RulesThe Chronicle of Higher Education[Free Subscription Required]

Texas State University President to Retire at End of School Year After 20 YearsThe Texas Tribune[Free Subscription Required]

UCSF Extends Out-of-Office Work Until March 2022Inside Higher Ed[Free Subscription Required]

About the University of Houston-Downtown

The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD)—the second largest university in Houston—has served the educational needs of the nation’s fourth-largest city since 1974.

As one of four distinct public universities in the University of Houston System, UHD is a comprehensive four-year university led by President Loren J. Blanchard. Annually, UHD educates more than 15,000 students; boasts more than 54,000 alumni and offers 44 bachelor’s, nine master’s degree programs and 16 fully online programs within five colleges (Marilyn Davies College of Business; Humanities & Social Sciences; Public Service, Sciences & Technology; and University College).

UHD has the most affordable tuition among four-year universities in Houston and one of the lowest in Texas. The University is noted nationally as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Minority-Serving Institution and Military Friendly School. For more on the University of Houston-Downtown, visit www.uhd.edu.

This press release was produced by the University of Houston-Downtown. The views expressed here are the author’s own.