Design for the Future When the Future Is Bleak
Amid pandemics and environmental disasters, designers and architects have been forced to imagine a world in which the only way to move...
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Colleges knew the risks but they reopened anyway. Here's how they got it all wrong
Going into the new school year, colleges and universities knew the risks. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/22/us/colleges-universities-reopen-...
COVID-19 outbreaks at universities: Students need safe places to socialize, not partying bans
As universities have reopened in various ways this fall after spring COVID-19 closures and a rapid move to online learning, new...
How One District Got Its Students Back Into Classrooms
Cajon Valley in California is doing something that many lower-income districts have postponed: offering in-person instruction....
Colleges, Conservatives and the Kakistocracy
Universities with traditionally progressive ideals can welcome conservative views, and still reject authoritarianism and hate....
Community Colleges Can Be Engines of Economic Recovery
With proper funding and innovation, two-year public colleges can handle job training for millions of people. https://www.nytimes.com/2020...
Ken Robinson, Who Preached Creativity in Teaching, Dies at 70
Dance, he said, is just as important as math. He was knighted for his work, and his TED Talk on schools and the arts was the most viewed...
As Covid-19 Lingers On, Universities Are Adjusting Their Spring Semester Plans
As Covid-19 Lingers On, Universities Are Adjusting Their Spring Semester Plans, Often Eliminating Spring Break...
As Campuses Become COVID-19 Hot Spots, Colleges Strain Under Financial Pressures
As the fall semester kicks into gear, college campuses have become the pandemic's newest hot spots. The New York Times reports there are...
Lawn Games, Anyone?
As colleges try to tamp down partying by students, administrators consider options for promoting lower-risk -- not no-risk -- social...
The colleges that are getting reopening right
Universities that brought students back to campus have already seen a rough start to the fall, with more than 50,000 infections across...
Building Public Places for a Covid World
What are architects and urban planners foreseeing as people cautiously gather? Streets “curated” for various uses and dynamic cityscapes...
Rapid Community Innovation: a Small Urban Liberal Arts Community Response to COVID-19
Stories of community resilience and rapid innovation have emerged during the global pandemic caused by COVID-19. As communities,...
Building Public Places for a Covid World
What are architects and urban planners foreseeing as people cautiously gather? Streets “curated” for various uses and dynamic cityscapes...
Stanford Welcomes Students Back To Campus Virtually
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamjeakle/2020/09/10/stanford-asks-new-students-to-embrace-the-challenge-in-virtual-welcome/#60bdeba57aa...
The Best Reason to Go to College
It’s the same as it ever was: To learn that the world is more than the issues that divide us. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/opinion/...
As Universities Become More Urban, Campus Planning Is Evolving
At a Think Tank discussion held at SmithGroup in Boston, Metropolis's Susan S. Szenasy led a discussion on new town/gown dynamics....
A New Front in America’s Pandemic: College Towns
The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us...
Despite Mass Testing, University Of Illinois Sees Coronavirus Cases Rise
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/03/909137658/university-with-model-testing-regime-doubles-down-on-disciplin...
Pandemic Fallout:How College Enrollments Were Affected This Summer And What It Suggests For The Fall
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/09/01/pandemic-fallout-how-college-enrollments-were-affected-this-summer-and-what-it-su...
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