Survey: Students postpone education plans due to the pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Millions of Americans are abandoning or altering their education plans in the face of the pandemic, according to Strada’s ongoing survey.
Read More about Survey: Students postpone education plans due to the pandemicReport: Colleges could see 20 percent drop in fall student enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Projection comes from the latest survey of college students and would-be college students and does not consider community colleges or foreign students. Figures are particularly bleak for minority students.
Read More about Report: Colleges could see 20 percent drop in fall student enrollmentSurvey: Colleges presidents focus on vulnerable students impacted by pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — In mid-March, as the novel coronavirus was taking hold on many campuses, Inside Higher Ed surveyed college presidents and found them to be focused on the job at hand: ensuring the physical and psychological safety of students and employees and enabling the smoothest possible transition to remote learning, for faculty members and students alike.
Read More about Survey: Colleges presidents focus on vulnerable students impacted by pandemicPandemic creates more challenges for low-income students
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The Covid-19 pandemic is revealing the breadth of education’s digital divide, separating those who have access to the internet from those who don’t. Yet in this spring of makeshift virtual instruction, many low-income students face challenges that go well beyond a lack of computers and connectivity.
Read More about Pandemic creates more challenges for low-income studentsInsurance may not cover pandemic related losses at colleges
EDUCATION DIVE — Campuses around the U.S. are confronting similar questions about how they will cover pandemic-related expenses, or make up for resulting losses. In the last several weeks, institutions nationwide have publicly shared their own hefty bills, along with concerns over whether they can afford to pay them.
Read More about Insurance may not cover pandemic related losses at collegesCollege students face challenging job and internship market
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Student anxiety is high as internship opportunities are rescinded and hiring delayed by employers. College career advisers remain optimistic that there are still jobs out there.
Read More about College students face challenging job and internship marketCollege professors adjust approach to final exams during pandemic
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER — For some professors, at least, rethinking their finals under duress has raised questions about whether their usual approach was the best one in the first place.
Read More about College professors adjust approach to final exams during pandemicStudy abroad providers face layoffs and financial challenges
INSIDE HIGHER ED — With no clear timeline for putting students on planes again, study abroad providers face layoffs and uncertain futures. And when they do resume regular programming, they’ll need new health and safety protocols.
Read More about Study abroad providers face layoffs and financial challengesProfessors should not try to replicate on-campus teaching during remote instruction
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — When colleges shut down in-person classes this spring, many instructors took pains to say that what was offered instead was not online learning. Other terms have been offered up — emergency online teaching, remote instruction — though probably none is quite right.
Read More about Professors should not try to replicate on-campus teaching during remote instructionColleges weigh options for fall reopening
INSIDE HIGHER ED — While no one can foresee what will happen in the fall, most colleges and universities are thinking through a range of options. These options tend to fall along a continuum, with everything being back to normal on one end and fully remote learning on the other. The former is mostly outside the…
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