Campus and Community Health
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, facing a system mandate, financial necessity, and concern for students’ well-being, will reopen even as public-health experts underline extensive risks.
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Impact of the Pandemic
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Combating Coronavirus
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The fall is weeks away, and Covid-19 is surging. The Chronicle is tracking developments across higher ed here. Read on for daily live updates and information. -
Expanding access to Wi-Fi, housing first responders, engaging kids and senior citizens — here’s who is doing what to fight the pandemic and its fallout.
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As colleges and universities have struggled to devise policies to respond to the quickly evolving situation, here are links to The Chronicle’s key coverage of how this worldwide health crisis is affecting campuses.
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Newsletters
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Small businesses need students to come back, but will the town become a coronavirus hot spot?
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Teaching experts answer your questions on how to deal with the challenges of teaching some students in person and the rest remotely.
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Academics of all ages wrestle with feelings of “intellectual phoniness.” So how do you get over it?
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Colleges got a clear answer last week on how to apply a Trump administration policy on international students. It just wasn’t the answer they wanted to hear.
Virtual Events
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UPCOMING: August 5, 2:00 p.m., ET | With support from Quest
Alexander Kafka, a Chronicle senior editor, will lead a conversation about what contact tracing on campus really looks like for colleges, and how this will affect their reopening plans for the fall. This includes monitoring their social-distancing practices, testing for Covid-19 to ensure containment of the virus, and most importantly, informing anyone who may have been exposed.
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ON DEMAND: Host Jack Stripling, a veteran Chronicle writer, is joined by a panel of presidents from across sectors to discuss institutional stewardship and morale. They will explore how leaders define their priorities, how they make decisions, and what shifts they see for higher education on the horizon. With support from: Workday
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ON DEMAND: Host Lindsay Ellis, Chronicle’s senior reporter, is joined by a panel of college leaders to discuss what pros and cons decision makers are weighing, who should be brought into the decision- making process, and how to balance obligations that leaders have to their students, employees and communities.
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ON DEMAND: With many colleges planning to reopen either fully or partially in just a few weeks, they are searching for effective ways to track the health of the campus community and are increasingly turning to telemedical and artificial-intelligence solutions to help. Alexander Kafka, a Chronicle senior editor, will lead a conversation about what immediate steps they are planning.
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The Review
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Many campuses’ testing plans fall short.
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Tenured and tenure-track professors are finally fighting back.
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What happens when hiring dies?
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Four professors debate the erosion of faculty power and the fight for the future of higher education.
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Data
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The Chronicle is teaming up with Davidson College’s College Crisis Initiative, which has collected reopening plans for nearly 3,000 institutions, to present a fuller view of the fall.
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The Chronicle’s executive-compensation database includes the latest salary information, plus years of data, on more than 1,400 chief executives at more than 600 private colleges and nearly 270 public universities and systems.
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Colleges with a good share of women in STEM fields, including nursing, can end up having higher average salaries for female full professors than for men.
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Advice
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AdviceA fall to-do list to help counseling centers get ready for the surge of students who will seek help when classes resume amid Covid-19.
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AdviceDon’t let the complexities of the fall semester amid Covid-19 overwhelm all the good things that drove you to your discipline in the first place.
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AdviceThe fall semester promises to be as stressful as the spring. What can you do as a department chair to lead in a compassionate way?
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AdviceSenior faculty members tend to replicate themselves in the people they hire and mentor. That has to stop.
Trends Report
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NewsNo one in higher education can afford to be complacent. Cultural, demographic, and economic forces are changing the world around and on campuses, challenging long-held beliefs and upending traditions. This special report on five major trends in higher education — and other emergent changes to be aware of — will help you chart a path.
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NewsOne potential measure of reach is in online sharing: posts on Twitter, blog links, and other engagement metrics of various kinds.
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NewsAs colleges enroll more underprepared students, they’re increasingly eliminating remedial courses. Critics say it’s unrealistic to expect nearly every student to succeed right off the bat — even with extra academic support.
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NewsDon’t be defensive. Talk about how your institution brings value. And more advice that college leaders recommend.
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BackgrounderSmall rebellions, universitywide subscription renegotiations, and a European open-access mandate for certain research are putting unusual pressure on industry giants.
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NewsWhat’s on the horizon in admissions, business models, college rankings, and more, from our 2019 Trends Report.
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