Global

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).

With no clear timeline for putting students on planes again, study abroad providers face layoffs and uncertain futures. And when they do resume regular programming, they'll need new health and safety protocols.

Unlike other nations, country turns to them for advice on ending lockdown.

Many popular online platforms are inaccessible to most students.

American higher education institutions have an opportunity to reconceive it in ways that continue to make it a high-impact practice, writes Brian Whalen.

While fears about traveling abroad may continue for months, international learning experiences are still vitally important, writes Mohamed Abdel-Kader, and institutions should develop more virtual exchange programs.

Irish university debates whether principles of academic freedom are the same in the global context.