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MAY 2020 – NEWSLETTER #33 | Breaking news at IBL News | Noticias en Español
Universities
• An Increasing Number of Colleges Are Deciding to Reopen Campuses for the Fall
• Fifty Public Universities Can Lose $4.1 Billion In Revenue if Football Season Is Canceled or Altered
• Pay Cuts Set at The University of Arizona as a result of an Expected Loss of $250 Million
• Indiana University Authorized to Borrow Up to $1 Billion to Cover Revenue Shortfalls
Protest
• Columbia University’s TAs Say They Will Not Teach as They Face Financial Precarity
• An Increasing Number of Students Refuse to Pay Full In-Person Tuition for Online Classes
Non-Profit
• At-Home Testing Solutions Unveiled for AP Programs, TOEFL and GRE Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
• Smithsonian Open Access: Millions of 2D and 3D Digital Items Without Copyright Restriction
Industry
• Zoom Continues Its Marketing Effort Despite Reports Questioning Its Security
• Zoom Comes Under Scrutiny Because of the “Zoombombing” Attacks Amid the Pandemic Outbreak
Conferences
• The Linux Foundation Plans a Massive Virtual Open Source Summit
• A List of Virtual Educational and Corporate Conferences Due to the Pandemic
• O’Reilly Eliminates Its Face-to-Face Conference Business, Laying Off Nearly 100 People
Apps
• Google Classroom, Class Dojo, and TikTok Rank Top Used Apps
• An App with Augmented Reality Teaches How to Keep Social Distancing
• Google and Apple Will Release in Mid-May a Controversial Tool to Track Down Infected People
2020 Events
• Education Calendar – MAY | JUNE | JULY – DEC | Conferences in Latin America & Spain
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