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Promoting Student Mental Health in Difficult Days
John MacPhee recommends that colleges take a comprehensive approach that includes four key actions.
The Surest Step Toward Normalcy
The fundamental issue isn't whether colleges should reopen in August, writes Lamar Alexander, but how institutions can do it safely.
Opinion
Workforce Development and an Opportunity for Change
Jim Jacobs and Maria Cormier describe three important factors that could impact community college efforts to make workforce training relevant as the economy recovers from COVID-19.
Surviving the Pandemic: Suggestions for Liberal Arts Colleges
Such institutions should be thinking more about how to authentically market what they offer and to deliver on what they already do best, writes Helene Meyers.
Opinion
The Moral Trade-Off of Endowment Spending
As the coronavirus has sent many universities into budget crises, Benjamin Bernard asks whether or not endowments should become welcome shelters from the storm.
Opinion
The Physically Distanced Classroom: A Day in the Life
As some campuses plan for students’ physical return this fall, Norman Clark imagines how a student might navigate a day in class. It isn't pretty.
Communicating Culture in a Distributed World
Colleges need to communicate culture to articulate who they are, what they offer and why it matters, write David Rosowsky and Kimberly Hallman, and that need has ballooned in the global pandemic.
AP Courses Do Not Deserve College Credit
Students can learn content and skills but shouldn't fool themselves that they are taking college courses, writes Nicholas Tampio.