Mississippi law students adapt to online classes and challenging job market
MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL — The decision to move the Ole Miss Law School classes online was made during spring break, which was extended by a week to make the switch beginning March 23. “The big push was to get the faculty trained and get them to where they felt comfortable” with the new online course management…
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STAR TRIBUNE — Mitchell Hamline, St. Thomas and the U law schools review options for marks in an interrupted spring semester.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — As more students ask about deferring admission, admissions officers try to determine what it might mean for their institutions — and for students.
Read More about Increasing number of prospective students inquire colleges about deferring admissionPrivate colleges reopen admissions for fall enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — It’s not too late to apply to some private colleges that say they are recruiting students who may have originally planned to go far from home.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Readers share “feasible” ideas for a fall instructional model with students on campus but physically distancing. And the particular challenges this spring for instructors and students at institutions that use the quarter system rather than semesters.
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MSN — As the financial strain on the families of college students worsens, there’s one measure few schools have considered until now. A number of colleges are freezing tuition in hopes of attracting more students and families struggling with the weight of a higher-education tab.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Faculty members concerned about health and safety want a say in the conditions under which they’ll be working if they are expected to teach in person next fall.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Like the universities they’re partnered with, academic medical centers are bleeding cash as they weather the pandemic, prepare for and in some cases treat COVID-19 patients.
Read More about Academic medical centers suffer large financial losses amid pandemicOpinion: Most online education is not as effective as in-person instruction
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — Until now. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, everyone is teaching and learning at a distance. And that has sparked a small rebellion at the elite institutions, where students are demanding refunds for online classes that they regard as inferior to what they were getting before.
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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE — In her weekly public address to the court system, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore admitted that it’s hard to tell what exactly the future holds for the court system as the country slowly crawls out of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but added that administrators have been working with the Centers…
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