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Faculty Home Work
Remote work is proving difficult for many professors, given the circumstances and despite some early predictions to the contrary. What institutions are doing and can start doing to ease the pressure.
‘On My Own’
Author discusses her new book on community college STEM transfer students -- and the challenges they face amid the coronavirus.
Opinion
In a Pandemic, Everyone Gets an Asterisk
Rethinking how we assess, test and grade our students gives not only them but also instructors needed flexibility during an impossible time, Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis write.
Dispute Over Student Loans Helps Stall Stimulus Bill
A $1.6 trillion Senate Republican economic stimulus proposal during the coronavirus crisis stalled over disputes, including how to help student loan borrowers.
Fear Factors
Scott McLemee reviews Fear Itself: The Causes and Consequences of Fear in America, by Christopher D. Bader, Joseph O. Baker, L. Edward Day and Ann Gordon.
Newly Tenured at… Colorado College, Ithaca, Lee, Miami, Trinity Christian
Colorado College Rebecca Barnes, environmental studies Amanda Bowman, chemistry and biochemistry Elizabeth Coggins, political science Kevin Holmes, psychology Pamela Reaves...
#PassFailNation
As classes move online, some colleges are choosing to go pass/fail to relieve student stress. Is that the right move?
Overdue: Closing Libraries
While many colleges and universities have closed their libraries, others say they can't operate without keeping them open.