On Friday, Nov. 10, the Cornell Water Competency Graduation Requirement was updated according to “more modern water safety competency based on industry standards.” The new test requires students to ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- For generations of University of Chicago college freshmen, the awkward experience of orientation week included lining up in swimwear with a mixed-gender group of strangers, waiting ...

For the first time in two years, Cornellians are once again swimming 75 yards across the Helen Newman Hall pool in order to complete the swim test: one of two University-wide graduation requirements ...

Subject: Race on Campus: Why Colleges Are Dropping Their Swim Tests Welcome to Race on Campus. At one point or another, about a quarter of American colleges required students to pass a swim test.

ARANSAS PASS, Texas — Pools across the Coastal Bend are opening up for the summer season including the Aransas Pass Aquatic Center. Following last summer's tragic drowning of a child, the aquatic ...