CDC releases guidelines for colleges on reducing the spread of coronavirus amid reopening
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance on Tuesday for colleges as they reopen their campuses. Colleges will be looking to the CDC as many prepare to welcome back students, 19.9 million of whom were enrolled at U.S. colleges last fall. While the guidance does not address when or whether colleges should…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED – Most colleges and universities quickly pivoted to remote instruction after COVID-19 forced suspension of on-campus activities. Academic leaders and faculty across the nation did yeoman’s work to effect such a drastic change. Yet we learned this spring that the basic transition of face-to-face courses into remote delivery did not provide the comprehensive…
Read More about How to improve online teaching in the fallOpinion: Universities need to be centers of life-long learning post COVID-19
INSIDE HIGHER ED – The COVID-19 pandemic has served to accelerate the changing market for postsecondary education.
Read More about Opinion: Universities need to be centers of life-long learning post COVID-19Survey: Undergraduate students prefer in-person classes to online
INSIDE HIGHER ED – Niche, a website that reviews colleges for prospective students, decided to survey those who come to its website about the scenarios. Some of what it found from a survey of 10,000 students — in high school and college — is similar to other surveys. But its findings reinforce the view of many…
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – As colleges make plans to bring students back to campus, alongside discussions of mask requirements and half-empty classrooms, one common strategy is emerging: Forgoing fall break and getting students home before Thanksgiving. The University of South Carolina, Notre Dame, Rice and Creighton are among the schools that have said they…
Read More about Several colleges announce shorter fall 2020 semesterColleges and students adapt to online campus life
THE HECHINGER REPORT – Quarantine campuses: With dorms shut and class online, students DIY college life. Impromptu innovations, from satellite housing to an app for mental health, help preserve social connections
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THE HECHINGER REPORT – School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March. Same…
Read More about Education technology companies promise results without evidenceValparaiso Law graduates final class of students
NWI TIMES – In the last three years, Valparaiso University’s final class of law school graduates have studied under extraordinary circumstances — first learning their school, a 141-year-old institution, would be closing upon their graduation, then completing their legal education in the midst of a sweeping global pandemic.
Read More about Valparaiso Law graduates final class of studentsAlbany Law and University at Albany partner to address urban blight
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY – Urban blight, as identified by vacant lots or buildings in disrepair, represents one of the most challenging issues confronting any city. For students in Albany Law School-University at Albany shared course “Law & Urban Innovation: Creative Problem Solving,” their main goal was to examine the issue of blight in New York’s capital…
Read More about Albany Law and University at Albany partner to address urban blightBaylor Law hosts virtual Top Gun mock trial competition
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – This month, 16 of the best trial advocates from the nation’s top advocacy law schools will compete head-to-head in a winner-takes-all competition for the honor of being named National Top Gun. Long-term sponsor, Naman Howell Smith & Lee PLLC, has once again offered a $10,000 prize for this year’s Top…
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