University officials concerned about political interference with CDC COVID-19 recommendations
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges rely on guidance from a federal health agency that is operating, as one public health expert put it, “with two hands tied behind its back.”
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Hundreds of thousands of students who registered to take the exam in September or October will be unable to take it.
Read More about Testing centers closures prevent thousands of students from taking SATColleges struggled to balance political and public health pressures with re-openings
CNN — Going into the new school year, colleges and universities knew the risks. After all, in March, most had pivoted to virtual learning — either temporarily or permanently — in hopes of curbing the spread of the virus.
Read More about Colleges struggled to balance political and public health pressures with re-openingsUniversity-run K-12 online programs report increased enrollment amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Dissatisfied with the way local schools are responding to the pandemic, families increasingly turn to online K-12 options to educate their children — including schools run by universities.
Read More about University-run K-12 online programs report increased enrollment amid pandemicMaking the Most in the Midst of the Many Bar Exam Postponements
Law School Academic Support Blog (By Scott Johns) — Professor Johns (Denver Law) advises law graduates to examine and analyze current events in the news and apply this analysis to bar exam questions.
Read More about Making the Most in the Midst of the Many Bar Exam PostponementsHealth Profs Issue Report on Legal Responses to COVID
The Faculty Lounge (By Dan Filler) — Professor Filler (Drexel Law) shares a report from health law scholars on the legal response to the pandemic.
Read More about Health Profs Issue Report on Legal Responses to COVIDBuilding Communication and Structure Into Our Courses — Preparing for Fall Teaching in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote Courses
PrawfsBlawg (By Jessica Erickson) — Professor Erickson (University of Richmond Law) continues her series on preparing to teach online this fall with a post on developing a plan to support struggling students.
Read More about Building Communication and Structure Into Our Courses — Preparing for Fall Teaching in Physically Distanced, Hybrid, or Remote CoursesEmma Sokoloff-Rubin: Strategies for Remote Clinical Supervision
Clinical Law Prof Blog (By Jeff Baker) — Professor Emma Sokoloff-Rubin (Yale Law) details the San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project’s successful remote clinical supervision model and provides advice on how other law school clinics can adopt it.
Read More about Emma Sokoloff-Rubin: Strategies for Remote Clinical SupervisionResumption of Live Teaching
PrawfsBlawg (By Gerard Magliocca) — Professor Magliocca (Indiana University McKinney Law) shares his experience teaching in-person on the first day of the fall semester.
Read More about Resumption of Live TeachingLet’s Listen to the Quiet Ones: How Quiet Students Thrive in Remote Learning
Teach Law Better (By Heidi K. Brown) — Professor Brown (Brooklyn Law) provides thoughts on how remote learning offers opportunities to improve student participation among more introverted students.
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