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It’s Compassion, Not Capitulation, to Ask Less of Students Amid Disruption

As was true last spring, the college learning environment this fall is likely to challenge students. Professors should be flexible and empathetic, William Ellis writes.
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Party Like Your Life Depends on It

To safely reopen this fall, faculty and staff must reinforce social norms that capitalize on students' natural tendency to want to do the right thing, argues Brendan Cushing-Daniels.
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How to Overcome Classroom Zoom Fatigue

Elizabeth Stone shares the strategies she used to transform her recent Zoom class into one of the most gratifying teaching experiences she'd ever had.
Opinion

It’s Time to Help Students Vote in a Pandemic

While colleges must avoid partisanship, they should do everything they can to ensure that students get all the information they need to participate in the upcoming election, writes Gary Orfield.

Social Justice Leadership and Juvenile Recidivism

How do we lower the recidivism rate of juvenile offenders? In today's Academic Minute, a Student Spotlight as part of...

Higher Ed's Moment of Truth

Colleges confront what it means to bring students back to campuses as their fall plans become realities. Will many institutions make it through the fall without outbreaks?

Shutdown, Repeat

They came. They saw. They clustered. Now, a week after starting classes at UNC Chapel Hill, undergraduates are being sent home as coronavirus spreads on campus.

Displaced Workers and Public College Enrollment

New research shows public colleges have room for improvement when it comes to enrolling displaced workers.