Lack of College Transportation to Vaccination Sites Leaves Students Scrambling

Before the college provided guidance on Covid-19 vaccination appointments and transportation on April 8 [https://www.amherst.edu/news/covid-19/community-messages/messages-for-students/node/797952] , over 100 students had already received permission to attend off-campus Covid-19 vaccine appointments. These students had to navigate the process of scheduling appointments and coordinating transportation on their own, pooling resources and working together to secure and attend their appointments. Up

Recent Title IX Policy Narrows Definition of Sexual Harassment

The College has adopted a new Interim Title IX Policy and Interim Title IX Grievance Process in compliance with the new guidance for Title IX, a decades-old law protecting against sex-based discrimination at institutions receiving federal funding, which was released by the US Department of Education in May [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/us/politics/campus-sexual-misconduct-betsy-devos.html] . Students have expressed concerns about these changes, which limits the range of actions that qualif

College Expands Exchange Programs to India in Partnership with FLAME University

The college has launched a new bilateral exchange program that will allow its students to study abroad at FLAME University in Pune, India. Students will have the opportunity to study alongside FLAME students for a semester in Pune, and in turn, FLAME students will be able to spend a semester at Amherst. FLAME University, a liberal arts institution, was founded in 2015. Its website describes FLAME as “the pioneer of liberal education in India” that will provide students with the “necessary know

LSAT Joins GRE, MCAT in Offering Digital Exam

After digital exams were introduced in July 2019, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) will now be administered digitally in entirety in the U.S. starting in September 2019, eliminating paper exams. Pre-law students at Amherst and across the country will have to adjust to this new format. The digital LSAT is administered on tablets provided at the testing center. Students taking the exam will use a stylus to annotate and select their answers. The tablet’s features include highlighting, flaggin