Nov. 27, 2020
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 67, Issue 7Cover story
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TeachingThe Pandemic Is Dragging On. Professors Are Burning Out.
Overwhelmed and undersupported, instructors see no end in sight. -
The Faculty
The Long Tail of an Unprecedented Crisis
How can college leaders support faculty members during this difficult time?
Highlights
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Academic Freedom
The Outrage Peddlers Are Here to Stay
And higher education is learning to live with that. -
First-Year Students
Meet Covid-19’s Freshman Class
They’re lonely, they’re struggling. But they’re fighting to make it through.
Also in the issue
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Academic Workplace
Colleges Ask Professors to Return to the Classroom. Their Answer? That’s ‘Reckless.’
On-campus learning is critical to student success, leaders say. And in some cases, college budgets may hinge on it. -
Covid Off Campus
In This Rural College Town, Covid-19 Was Scarce. Then the Students Came Back.
After seeing no deaths for months, the community surrounding Washington State University is now experiencing a lethal outbreak. Officials acknowledge student spread may have played a role. -
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Coronavirus
Why Some Stanford Professors Want the Hoover Institution Gone
Controversial pandemic pronouncements test an uneasy relationship. -
Data
Plummeting Community-College Enrollments: Inside the Numbers
Black, Hispanic, Native American, and male students are missing from public two-year colleges. -
Enrollment
Reinventing Admissions to Enhance Racial and Ethnic Equity? That’s the Big Idea
Two associations plan to offer recommendations for simplifying the college-entrance process to help more underrepresented students get to college. -
The Review
The Faux Righteousness of Test-Optional Admissions
Colleges pretend it’s an honorable sacrifice. Not exactly. -
Advice
How a Search Committee Can Be the Arbiter of Diversity
The old ways of running administrative searches haven’t exactly produced the diverse pool of leaders that higher education claims to want.
![Ara Hagopian, a graduate student and organizing chair of Graduate Assistants United, stands dressed as the Grim Reaper outside of UF President Kent Fuchs' house during a faculty protest on campus in Gainesville, Fla. on Nov. 1, 2020. Faculty and supporters gathered to protest the university's plan to increase in-person classes in the spring 2021 semester. [Sam Thomas/The Gainesville Sun]](https://chronicle.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b60ffc5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5999x3999+1+0/resize/540x360!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchronicle-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2Fdf%2F6424c7fb450eb2607047f3ec66a5%2Fpettitpressure-1112.jpg)
