Colleges should take the opportunity presented by the pandemic to reformat aging lecture halls into next-generation active learning environments, making them more engaging, providing better retention of subject matter and adding greater flexibility for future changes in technology.
How students handle the disappointment in having to continue courses online rather than in person speaks volumes about how well they will handle other crises that will surely enter their lives.
Here's what higher ed communications teams can do to get strategic about telling pandemic-related campus stories, stories that put a human face on the college experience during these challenging times.
McDaniel College this fall semester will use a traffic-light-style color code to keep students informed about the status of COVID suppression efforts on campus.
At Oklahoma State University, a data analytics-driven approach to contact tracing allows for efficient, accurate results on who may have been exposed to someone who is COVID-positive.
More than half of business leaders say they have slowed recruiting on college campuses since the COVID outbreak this spring, according to a survey released Thursday.
Beloit College has expanded its Beloit Action Plan to offer tuition-free ninth and tenth semesters to students who enroll full-time during the 2020-21 school year.
College and university students deserve a range of guaranteed consumer protections, according to a Tuition Payer Bill of Rights released Wednesday by a coalition of advocacy organizations.
