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The future of Donald J. Trump’s presidency remained uncertain in the early hours of Wednesday, as votes continued to be counted in his race against Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The absence of a clear winner in Tuesday’s election, which has been expected to drag on because of a surge in mail-in voting related to the COVID-19 pandemic, left unclear whether higher education is in for four more years of jousting with President Trump or a return to many of the policies that Biden championed as vice president under Barack Obama.

To successfully provide on-campus instruction during the pandemic, colleges had to figure out a way to bring students back to campus safely and without increasing coronavirus case counts on campus and in surrounding towns and cities.
Now, colleges face another challenge: navigating a holiday that revolves around travel and family gatherings when students could be asymptomatic carriers who don't know they have the coronavirus.

On this podcast, Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis discusses the pandemic's effect on higher education, how it has laid bare the need for more postsecondary training, and what role legislators can play.
He is joined by Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik, who offers an assessment of reopening efforts at colleges and universities around the country—plus insight on the fiscal landscape state legislators will face in the wake of the pandemic.

COVID-19 has altered student expectations and learning models alike. Faculty must now figure out what will stay and what will go.
In this interview, Lesley Nichols of Emerson College reflects on the institutional management changes as a result of the pandemic, the new norms we have and will continue to adopt going forward, and what it takes for an institution to remain engaged with its learners in the post-pandemic world.