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The Chancellor Who Can Transform Rutgers-Newark
Nancy Cantor comes to Rutgers by way of Syracuse University, where she determinedly promoted diversity and built strong ties between...
‘We Could Be Feeling This for the Next Decade’: Virus Hits College Towns
Opening bars and bringing back football teams have led to new outbreaks. Communities that evolved around campuses face potentially...
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A Message From Your University’s Vice President For Magical Thinking
Our university will proceed as if everything will be okay because we really, really want it to be. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-...
For Small Colleges, Decision To Reopen Campus Is Especially Daunting
The Cole Science Center and the Harold F. Johnson Library at the heart of Hampshire College's campus. https://www.wbur.org/edify/2020/06/...
Success Academy spokesperson resigns over ‘abusive’ practices at NYC’s largest charter network
A spokesperson for New York City’s largest charter network resigned in protest, stating she can no longer defend Success Academy’s...
Source: 21 more Clemson football players positive for COVID-19 in latest testing
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29336227/21-clemson-football-players-positive-covid-19-latest-testing Of 28 positive...
For-Profit Colleges, Long Troubled, See Surge Amid Pandemic
The coronavirus shutdowns have made online learning more attractive. But students at some schools say they have been taken advantage of....
Higher Ed’s Reckoning With Race
A conversation about bigotry, diversity, and opportunity. https://www.chronicle.com/article/higher-eds-reckoning-with-race
Expecting Students to Play It Safe if Colleges Reopen Is a Fantasy
Safety plans border on delusional and could lead to outbreaks of Covid-19 among students, faculty and staff. https://www.nytimes.com/2020...
Masks required and fewer parties (allegedly): What college will look like this fall
Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg, Va., will open to students this fall, but students will not arrive to the college life they once...
How Architecture Could Help Us Adapt to the Pandemic
The virus isn’t simply a health crisis; it is also a design problem. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/magazine/architecture...
Rich Colleges Can Afford to Spend More
They’re acting like they exist to protect their endowments, instead of the other way around. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/opinion/s...
The End of College as We Knew It?
Restaurants get eulogies. Airlines get bailouts. Shakespeare gets kicked when he’s down. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opinion/sunda...
What Will College Be Like in the Fall?
Administrators, professors, a union representative and students consider the new realities of life on campus in the midst of a pandemic....
USC will reopen for fall semester with online and in-person classes, more distancing in dorms
USC will reopen this fall with several safety measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-02/us...
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Our fumbling, incompetent response to the pandemic continues. In six weeks, a key component of our society is in line to become the next...
Can Active Learning Co-Exist With Physically Distanced Classrooms?
Advocates for active learning worry that their favored approach will be hard to pull off in physically distanced classrooms -- and that...
Risky Strategy by Many Private Colleges Leaves Them Exposed
Chasing after a shrinking pool of wealthy students by increasing spending, and now vulnerable to closure because of the pandemic....
Taking the Pulse of Students During COVID-19
What experiences do students value and how well are their colleges and universities providing them as a result of COVID-19?...
A Time to Reflect on What College Should Be
The long-term survival of colleges and universities will hinge on their ability to deliver what matters most to students, employers and...
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