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After a year of obstacles, international students work to overcome the challenges of returning to USC.

Student Mental Health Is Worse During COVID-19 June 11, 6:17 a.m. Another study has found that student mental health worsened during the pandemic, The Washington Post reported. In the study, researchers tracked 217 students who were freshmen in 2017. Prior to the pandemic, students’ stress levels rose and fell, usually in tandem with midterm and final exams. Since the onset of

Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education By Washington State Public Four-Year Colleges Go Test Optional, Permanently May 21, 6:18 a.m. Public four-year colleges in Washington State have gone test optional, permanently. "The decision to move to permanent test-optional policies reaffirm our sector’s commitment to reduce barriers for students. Further, as we enter a period of post-COVID-19 recovery, we continue our commitment to learn from this historic challenge and embrace long-term changes that best serve our students and state," said a joint statement from the provost...

International Students Heading To CA Navigate Vaccine Hurdles Patch 5 days ago In Summary More California colleges are planning to require students to get COVID-19 vaccinations. For international students, that often means only vaccines approved by the World Health Organization will be accepted, even though not all students have access to those. Lea este artículo en español. Update (5/7/2021): The World Health Organization has approved China’s Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. A growing list of California colleges will require students to get COVID-19 vaccinations as cla...

International Students Heading to California Colleges Navigate Vaccine, Visa Hurdles IIncoming UC Irvine student Yutika Khemka photographed via Zoom in her bedroom in Kolkata. Khemka isn’t certain if the vaccines currently available in India will qualify her to return to campus in the fall but she says she will take whichever vaccine she can get. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters ### A growing list of California colleges will require students to get COVID-19 vaccinations as classes largely resume in-person this fall. For the roughly 160,000 international college students enrolled in Calif...