April 17, 2020
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 66, Issue 27Cover Story
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The ReviewHow Will the Pandemic Change Higher Education?
Professors, administrators, and staff members on what the coronavirus will leave in its wake.
Highlights
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The Beginning
Campus Zero
Before the coronavirus shuttered universities nationwide, it turned Seattle’s college leaders into early responders. Their decisions shaped a nation’s reaction. -
The New Normal
Ritual, Rhythm, Community: Everything Higher Ed Does Best, the Coronavirus Attacks
The Covid-19 pandemic has closed campuses across the nation, upending the familiar signposts of residential college life.
Commentary
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The Review
Only Free College Can Save Us From This Crisis
The situation demands bold action on par with the New Deal. -
Commentary
The Bailout Is Just the Start: Why Higher Ed Needs to Build a Sustainable Model
Only colleges that take bold steps to improve their efficiency will thrive in a post-coronavirus world. -
The Review
Academe’s Shameful Neglect of Spanish
Researchers and students engaging with the United States’ second-largest language are ignored in our universities — and in The Chronicle.
Also In This Issue
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Advice
Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure
In the early weeks of a global catastrophe like Covid-19, it’s best to accept that the world has changed and reimagine yourself and your work within it. -
News
‘Exhausting.’ ‘Very Strange.’ What It’s Like to Be an Epidemiologist Right Now.
In the midst of a pandemic, their expertise is suddenly in demand. -
The Review
After Coronavirus, the Deluge
Administrators have been waiting for the opportunity to finish what they started. Watch out. -
The Chronicle Review
How to Steer Your Campus Through a Recession
Conventional wisdom urges cost-cutting and scaling back ambitions. Here’s why you might want to fight that impulse. -
Student-Loan Debt
‘I Was Horrified’: For Millions of Borrowers, the Coronavirus Stimulus Law Offers No Relief
Borrowers with commercially held federal student loans have options. But forcing them to make difficult decisions during a public-health crisis could put them at risk financially. -
News
Coronavirus Has Choked Off Revenues for Private Colleges. How Much Cash Do They Have on Hand?
As tuition revenues dry up and summer auxiliary revenues evaporate, private colleges will need to rely on their savings and lines of credit to get by. -
News
During Covid-19, One College’s Virtual Chat Offers Hope for the Fall
An admissions officer braced for tough questions about college in the pandemic. But the Class of 2024 wanted to talk about other things. -
Gazette
Transitions: Olin College of Engineering Names Next President; New Provost Selected at Hanover College
Gilda Barabino will succeed the founding president of Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.
