April 23 roundup: Funding rejections, Canada's plan and Earth Day

The Akron Beacon Journal has a touching story on the good work some people are doing, including health-care instructors from community colleges. Elite private institutions are under fire after receiving aid from the coronavirus stimulus package (through a formula that was devised by Congress). Education Secretary Betsy DeVos later called on other wealthy institutions to reject their stimulus funding as well. In other news, Southern New Hampshire University plans to reduce its tuition for campus-based programs to $10,000 a year by 2021 -- more than a 50 percent cut. Canada is one-upping the U.S. with plans to give college students and new graduates monthly payments of 1,250 Canadian dollars (about $844) from May to August. Here’s a quick roundup of our latest stories, in case you’ve fallen a bit behind (we don’t blame you): Students who are undocumented immigrants aren't eligible for emergency aid from the CARES Act, the Education Department says. Some students at colleges that aren't switching to a pass-fail grading system are petitioning administrators to change their minds, calling it an equity issue , Elizabeth Redden reports. Doug Lederman reports on a survey looking at how faculty changed their teaching methods for the quick shift to remote learning. A university librarian talks about her fight to close the libraries but pay her peers, so they don't have choose between wages and health.