Colleges face continued and increased disruptions, especially the combination of the looming enrollment cliff, implications of the pandemic, and revitalized racial-justice movement. It is imperative that colleges do everything in their power to modify programs, make coursework reflective of the times, and ensure minority students feel at home on campus.
In the Chronicle issue brief, "The Crisis Curriculum,"you’ll learn how to integrate discussions on race and inequity into academe, despite the expectation that they'll be protracted, difficult, and exhausting. This important conversation is vital to your students' future, as well as to your college's prosperity.
Criminal Justice:What's it like to study and teach criminal justice in 2020 America.
Public Health:Public-health experts and first-responders have been valorized since March. But while some health subfields continue to see the gains they did pre-pandemic, academic interest in health overall is not spiking.
Journalism: Amid questions of identity, authority, and inequity, journalism professors are rethinking assumptions and traditions.