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Politics

Georgia’s Top-Down Management of Higher Ed Causes Covid-19 Chaos

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By Michael Vasquez

As public colleges struggle for independence, the state’s mask-optional policy reads like a line in the sand.

Students

How the Education System Exacerbates Inequality

By Chronicle Staff

A discussion hosted by The Chronicle explored the education system’s underlying assumptions, what counts as high-status knowledge and who has access to it, and what approaches to increasing equity hold promise. (PREMIUM)

The Chronicle Review

‘Who Gets to Speak in Our Intellectual Traditions?’

By Len Gutkin

Edgar Garcia on the canon, Indigenous studies, and talking with the dead. (PREMIUM)

The Edge

Could New U.S. Moves Give a Boost to the Skills-Over-Degrees Movement?

By Goldie Blumenstyk

President Trump aims to change “overreliance on college degrees” in hiring; a new campaign urges companies and groups to stop advertising on Facebook.

The Chronicle Review

You Can’t Trust the Businessmen on the Board of Trustees

By Nick Romeo and Ian Tewksbury

A century ago, Thorstein Veblen explained why. (PREMIUM)

Data

As Covid-19 Pummels Budgets, Colleges Are Resorting to Layoffs and Furloughs. Here’s the Latest.

By Chronicle Staff

We’ve tallied at least 50,000 employees affected by layoffs or furloughs at colleges across the country. See the full list.

Newly Updated

Here’s a List of Colleges’ Plans for Reopening in the Fall

By Chronicle Staff

Our searchable list, now with cumulative analysis, tracks whether institutions expect to have in-person or online-only classes or some mix of the two. Tell us what your campus is doing.

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In the Wake of COVID-19, Rice University develops a portable ventilator costing less than $300

Designed for affordability and utilizing off-the-shelf components, Rice University developed a ventilator that can be built for less than $300 to help treat COVID-19 patients.

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Advice

Admin 101: How Good Leaders Say No

By David D. Perlmutter

The economic fallout from Covid-19 means administrators will be killing more ideas than they approve. But you can lessen the odds that your “no” will be taken as a personal or political affront.

Special Reports

Coronavirus Hits Campus

As colleges and universities have struggled to devise policies to respond to the quickly evolving situation, here are links to The Chronicle’s key coverage of how this worldwide health crisis is affecting campuses.

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SEC Professors highlight conference’s academic excellence across array of fields

Built on a strong foundation of teaching and research, the SEC has a strong history of recognizing and supporting academic success across an array of fields.

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How Will the Pandemic Change Higher Education?

We reached out to college staff members, professors, and administrators with a straightforward question: How will the pandemic change higher education? Order the collection to hear what they had to say. Chronicle subscribers: Access this premium content free.

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