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Residential Liberal Arts Faculty and the Dissonance of Moving Online

They now face the challenge of teaching via modes and methods that they have largely spurned, Douglas A. Hicks writes.

The Shift to Remote Learning: The Human Element

Experts weigh in on how the sudden, forced adoption of technology-delivered instruction will affect the well-being of professors and students alike.

Privacy and the Online Pivot

Colleges are scrambling to move courses online. But with those changes come concerns over privacy and surveillance.
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Zoomnosis: Avoiding Mischief and Mayhem in the Great Leap to Zoom

As the coronavirus forces many courses onto videoconferencing platforms, instructors and institutions can take small but important steps to ensure effective use and communication, Jody Greene writes.

The State of Online Education, Before Coronavirus

Six in 10 online learning administrators say their campuses require professors to train before teaching online -- but 70 percent say students aren't formally prepared to study virtually.

Overdue: Closing Libraries

While many colleges and universities have closed their libraries, others say they can't operate without keeping them open.

Will Shift to Remote Teaching Be Boon or Bane for Online Learning?

Because of COVID-19, most professors and students suddenly find themselves forced to use technology as they teach and learn. A panel of experts explores whether that will help or hurt attitudes about online education.
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Changing the Academic Paradigm

In response to a recent article about professors' responsibility to help prepare their students for careers, Rob Fried says students -- not instructors -- primarily own that responsibility. But the college has a role to play.