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Dorm Evictions for the Public Good
Colleges are clearing out student dorms to make room for patients and health-care workers as the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms hospitals. The process has not gone smoothly for students.
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?
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...
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...
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).
Research Institutions Ask for $26 Billion
Three national associations representing colleges and universities urged Congress on Tuesday to appropriate $26 billion in emergency funding for research...
Call for Lottery-Style College Admissions
Many colleges and universities have gone test optional in college admissions amid the coronavirus crisis, which also is wreaking havoc...
Outbreak Hurts Higher Ed Worldwide for Next Year, Moody's Says
Moody’s Investors Service expects the coronavirus outbreak to have a negative effect on higher education worldwide for the next year...