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By Lee Gardner

Their pivot online salvaged the spring semester. Now they must ready for a near future defined by unknowns. (PREMIUM)

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By Beth McMurtrie

With so many variables in play, academic leaders are struggling to determine when to reopen their campuses and whether to move fall courses online. (PREMIUM)

Research
By Nell Gluckman

Researchers are analyzing the courses students take in order to understand how Covid-19 could spread on campus.
Finance
By Eric Kelderman

The long-term economic impact of the pandemic is uncertain. But colleges are taking steps now to offset deep revenue losses.
Teaching
By Beckie Supiano

An English professor describes her attempt to replicate a liberal-arts college seminar online — and shares her worries about the model’s future.  

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The Coronavirus: Resources to Help You Adapt and Plan
  • Prepare a reasonable budget for the coming year with strategic modifications of academic and administrative investments. Join a conversation featuring Paul N. Friga, a business professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a consultant to colleges, and Laura E. Hubbard, vice president for finance and administration at the University at Buffalo. Sign up here for our virtual forum on Wednesday.
  • Take a moment to consider how the crisis has exacerbated inequities in the student body and the professoriate, and what faculty members can do about it. Hear from Anthony Abraham Jack, an assistant professor of education at Harvard University, and Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor of higher-education policy and sociology at Temple University. Sign up here to watch our virtual forum on demand.
  • Consult this convenient library of all our virtual forums to give you the tools you need to move forward in an uncertain future with confidence.
  • Get guidance on common challenges in our new Q&A series, The Quandary. Post questions in our private Facebook group, Higher Ed and the Coronavirus, or email fernanda@chronicle.com.

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By Karen Kelsky

A look at what the Covid-19 crisis might mean for untenured faculty members on and off the tenure track, and for new and returning doctoral students.

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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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