Filter & Sort
Coping With a Pandemic
Displaced college students and faculty members look to each other for support and understanding at a time of anxiety and uncertainty.
Coronavirus News Roundup for March 31
Everything you need to know about higher ed and the coronavirus for Tuesday in one easy-to-read package.
Empty Benches at Empty Lab Tables
An unprecedented shutdown of academic research underway on many campuses has implications for young investigators still building careers in their fields.
Coronavirus News Roundup for March 30
Everything you need to know about higher ed and the coronavirus -- with a special feature -- for Monday and the week ahead in one easy-to-read package.
Fundraising and HR During the Crisis
Experts respond to reader-generated questions about fundraising during the crisis and how to manage human resources as colleges shift to online instruction.
Virtual Thesis Defense
Ph.D. students defending their dissertations must do so remotely right now. Could videoconference defenses become the new normal?
Opinion
Teaching About an Outbreak in Real Time
Kim Mix, a professor of biological sciences, describes the challenges of educating students about the coronavirus when the imbalance between rapid-fire news and vetted scientific information has created a dangerous infodemic.
Left Out of the Stimulus
Consumer groups are questioning why some student loan borrowers will not get help from the stimulus package about to be passed by Congress.