Harvard University will invite 40% of its students back to campus this fall and continue with online learning, while Princeton brings back half its undergraduates and cuts tuition.
Higher education's response to COVID-19 deserves recognition and praise, with the rapid move to online learning, a continued shift to quality online courses, and plans to strike a balance between in-person and digital instruction
Several more colleges this week announced plans to control coronavirus by inviting different groups of students back to campus for different stretches of the 2020-21 academic year.
Yale University wants all students back for the 2020-21 academic year but first-year students can only attend the first semester while sophomores can return for the second.
UB guest columnists John I. Williams Jr. and Burt Woolf share a three-step framework. They say thriving in a post-pandemic environment means re-envisioning the entire campus service-delivery system as a tightly integrated whole.
A major opportunity created by online learning is shier students now have new avenues to participate in class discussions, says an American University professor.
Fordham University is providing professional development for distance learning in the Bronx during the coronavirus closures, while Berea College helps feed K-12 students in Kentucky.
Some predict higher ed's shift to pass/fail grading and online learning during coronavirus closures will raise greater awareness about the inequities some students face.
Many schools have switched to pass/fail to ease the transition online, but some undergraduates say allowing everyone to pass a course is the most equitable solution.
