Up-to-Date Online Information on Colleges’ Reopening Plans
The Chronicle of Higher Education Now Offers Up-to-Date Online Information on Colleges’ Reopening Plans
Are you planning to pack the car and move to campus in time for orientation, or for the start of fall semester? And will your college be open and waiting for you?
Thankfully, the Chronicle of Higher Education is now offering an online directory of the plans that more than 1,030 colleges are making for the fall. And even better, the Chronicle is making this list available for free online. Read more
We’re Seeing an Explosion of New Instagram Accounts Set Up by Black Students . . .
. . . what do they say about our schools and your school?
Over the years, Black student associations at colleges across America have created accounts on Instagram. If you look back through what those groups have posted in the past, you will see that a sizable portion of it has been fairly traditional Instagram fare. Student groups have posted praise for faculty members, announced events, and occasionally reported on troubling experiences fueled by racial discrimination on campus. Read more
Are You Really Returning to Campus Next Semester?
Unfortunately, the best answer could be, “who knows?”
Is your college welcoming students back to campus for the fall semester, going completely online, shutting down entirely . . . or doing something else? And is it cutting tuition or giving refunds if it is not planning to deliver what it promised?
Because North American colleges and universities are not run by one governing body, each college and university is answering those questions differently. We seem to have entered a chaotic period in higher education. Hopefully, we will never see this level of uncertainty again. Read more
Should You Write Your College Application Essays about COVID-19 this Year?
If you are about to enter your senior year of high school, chances are you are thinking about your college applications and your application essays. And if you are, you are probably planning to write about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
How Are College Career Counseling Services Changing in Response to the Coronavirus Crisis?
Findings from the National Association of Colleges and Employers Survey
We are grateful to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) for conducting an important new survey about how college career offices are adapting in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more