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Evaluating Teaching During the Pandemic
Some colleges are changing how they collect and consider student ratings of instructors, citing the COVID-19-driven move online. Might that undermine a widely criticized (and used) tool?
Opinion
How to Rethink Science Lab Classes
John D. Loike and Marian Stoltz-Loike have identified five objectives for online labs that are critical to any science laboratory experience and lend themselves well to online teaching.
Opinion
Retaining High-Risk Students Amid the Coronavirus
Higher education needs a national coalition to tackle two goals: keeping and recruiting students, especially those at risk, and building a digital infrastructure for the long haul, writes Peter McPherson.
Coronavirus News Roundup for April 8
Everything you need to know for Wednesday about higher ed and the coronavirus in one easy-to-read package (with some distractions to help your sanity).
Academic Minute: Stalagmites, Monsoons and Climate Change
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Cornell College Week, Rhawn Denniston, professor of geology, discusses how Earth’s history is...
New Programs: Public Health, Sustainable Energy, Law, Accounting, Organizational Leadership
Georgetown University is starting a master of law and technology program. Hood College is starting a bachelor's degree in public...
Opinion
Turning the Tide on Online Learning
Only when it provides the full range of instructional connection points available in a traditional classroom will it begin to be a viable educational model, argues William G. Durden.
Opinion
Finite and Infinite Pedagogies in the Transition Online
James Miller asks, as professors move to virtual instruction, how do they hold on to the open-ended creativity of discussion more common in the physical classroom?