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STUDENTS Life in the Quarantine Dorms By Elin Johnson At this university, quarantined students can’t leave their residence halls except for medical care. Here’s what it’s like inside. |
TEACHING Getting Creative With Course Assessments Professors are shifting away from high-stakes tests and coming up with innovative ways for students to demonstrate what they’ve learned, writes Beth McMurtrie. |
WATCH FOR NEW UPDATES Here’s Our List of Colleges’ Reopening Plans By Chronicle Staff The Chronicle has teamed with Davidson College’s College Crisis Initiative, which is collecting reopening plans for nearly 3,000 institutions, to present a fuller view of the fall. |
Virtual Events: Tune In LiveSuccessfully recruit graduate students during a crisis. Register here for Wednesday’s forum on how colleges can adapt their admissions efforts.Give faculty, students, and staff the tools they need to succeed online. Sign up here for next Thursday’s forum on how academic and technology leaders can better work together. | Subscribe to the Chronicle Our mission, at a time of crisis and uncertainty, is to ensure you have the information you need to make the best decisions for your institution, your career, and your students. Please consider subscribing today to sustain our continuing coverage. | |
Paid for and Created by Deloitte Moving forward in an effort to thrive in a online environment, institutions are utilizing risk management and stress testing strategies alongside a central management hub to be better equipped for future risks. |
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Paid for and Created by Microsoft Worldwide, one in five people deal with some kind of learning disability. With new technology, higher ed has an opportunity to make learning accessible to an even greater population. |
| Job announcement Coordinator of Clinical Education - Student Assessment position available at Marist College Visit jobs.chronicle.com for more details. |
| The Chronicle's Latest Featured Report: The Post-Pandemic College [PRESALE SPECIAL] Leading experts examine how the pandemic will shape higher education in the years to come and what the college of the future may look like. To recover well, colleges must develop a more externally-focused business model, direct resources to expand professional development in online teaching, and continue to expand mental-health services. | |