America Will Sacrifice Anything for the College Experience
The pandemic has revealed that higher education was never about education. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/10/college...
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After the Pandemic, a Revolution in Education and Work Awaits
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Reinventing Higher Education for Affordability
William G. Durden explains how colleges might radically rethink one major aspect of contemporary undergraduate education: student life...
Reclaiming Intellectual Community
Technology encouraged social distancing on campuses long before the pandemic exacerbated it, writes Adam J. Davis, and the challenge now...
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...
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...
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...
Schools Beat Earlier Plagues With Outdoor Classes. We Should, Too.
A century ago, children in New York City attended classes during a pandemic. It seemed to work. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/nyregi...