The coronavirus pandemic is an all hands on deck situation—and individuals within higher ed are stepping in to help by making hard-to-find hand sanitizer from scratch and distributing it to those in need.
Maryland's four HBCUs could use a $577 million legal settlement to establish new degree programs, recruit faculty, and invest in scholarships and financial aid, according to reports.
Among the key considerations are licensing and privacy requirements and insurance coverage for counseling services, say UB guest columnists Anne D. Cartwright and Mary Deweese, attorneys for Husch Blackwell LLP.
Never has academia's labor problem been more visible than now when higher education finds itself having to turn on a dime to make sure students can finish courses that can no longer be taught on campus in classrooms, says UB guest columnist Paula M. Krebs, of the Modern Language Association.
UB Tech 2020 speaker Ian Wilkinson on how to create high-quality sound in educational videos—including the single best thing to do to improve the audio quality of their content
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.
Learn about the student-run computer repair center at Valencia College in Orlando, the topic of a UB Tech 2020 session. Students fix devices for any member of the college community for free and have worked with peers at a university in Paris on artificial intelligence and other IT projects.
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.
