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Students

This May Be the Worst Season of Summer Melt in Memory. Here’s How Some Colleges Are Fighting It.

Armando Solares for The Chronicle

By Kelly Field

The term “melt,” which describes students who commit to a college but don’t show up for classes, isn’t new. But the coronavirus could turn this season’s melt into a flood.

Special Reports

Vulnerable Students: Creating the Covid-Era Safety Net

Colleges are at a greater risk of losing vulnerable students at the very moment when keeping them enrolled may be a matter of institutional survival. This in-depth Chronicle report explores what colleges are doing to support the students who have been most affected by the crisis.

The Chronicle Review

Plexiglass Won’t Save Us

By Jeffrey J. Selingo

Colleges have frittered the summer away on audacious and absurd reopening plans. It’s time to embrace remote learning instead. (PREMIUM)

The Chronicle Review

Canceling the College-Football Season Isn’t Enough

By Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Johanna Mellis, and Derek Silva

Are we really going to put athletes in harm’s way because we want to watch College GameDay and drink a Bud Light? (PREMIUM)

News

Live Coronavirus Updates: Extreme Budget Cuts Possible at UNC Campuses; a Wave of Fall-Sports Cancellations

The fall is weeks away, and Covid-19 is surging. The Chronicle is tracking developments across higher ed here. Read on for daily live updates and information.

Students

For First-Generation Students, a Disappearing ‘College Experience’ Could Have Grave Consequences

By Alison Berg

As on-campus study and life fall victim to Covid-19, experts say such students will suffer as a result.

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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Students and insecure housing in London: A silent struggle

With an expanding student population in the city and a costly housing market, London Metropolitan University explores how insecure housing and hidden homelessness affect students’ ability to achieve their full academic potential.

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Advice

The Professor Is In: Fear, Anxiety, and the Faculty Career

By Karen Kelsky

How should candidates prepare for a faculty-job market that looks to be even more contracted than usual?

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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People, Process, Technology

Individualized and at scale, Stony Brook’s Finish in 4 program connects with vulnerable students through vet-focused outreach, one-on-one advising, and coordinating care across different units.

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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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