Many questions loom about remote learning in the coming months. Will online offerings from colleges be more sophisticated? What steps need to be taken to ensure academic quality in online learning? And will short-term credentials be more popular?

Lori Williams, president and CEO of NC-SARA, offers insight on why states must play a stronger role in quality assurance. Marni Baker Stein of Western Governors University joins the conversation with her thoughts on how the large, online and competency-based university has helped its students cope with disruptions. 

The pandemic is forcing higher education institutions to alter their normal schedules and modes of instruction, as well as housing and use of campus space. 

On this episode of Maine Calling, leaders, educators, and students from a range of Maine colleges and universities talk about what school will look like this fall, how institutions intend to balance public health with financial health, and the ways in which people are reacting to the planned changes.