The University of Missouri, the University of Arizona and many other schools face layoffs, furloughs and instructional cuts as leaders contend with the coronavirus economic crisis.
Continuing online classes, suspending large lectures and delaying the semester are among the contingency plans colleges and universities are making, according to published reports.
With the demand for virtual campus tours surging as coronavirus closures eliminate in-person visit options, admissions administrators are seeing the importance of offering prospective students a robust online visit experience.
Higher ed leaders and educators: A pandemic is no time to abandon the idea of community. In fact, it should be a time to double down, says UB guest columnist Scott Mobley, who is executive director of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the ever-deepening disconnect between the continual decline in college enrollment and rise in campus footprints, report says.
Students on several campuses have filed lawsuits demanding tuition refunds, arguing that the online classes they are now taking don't match the quality of in-person instruction. But colleges cite new expenses.
Students suddenly struggling to pay tuition beyond their scholarships and loans can try to increase their financial aid packages with help from a free online service called SwiftStudent.
UB guest columnist Joan Marques addresses how higher ed’s move to online learning due to the coronavirus may prompt more educators to use the world-of-work model to assess—and engage—students. She is dean of Woodbury University’s School of Business.
