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Feb. 5, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 67, Issue 11

Cover Story

Higher Ed and the Public Interest
Decades of disinvestment left public research universities overexposed to Covid-19.

Highlights

Teaching
Colleges that switched to shorter terms concluded the pace is exhausting, but it helped mitigate the challenges created by Covid-19.
The Review
Moving up the ladder means dealing with endless bureaucracy. For many, it’s not worth it.

Also in the Issue

The Pandemic-Era University
The temporary policy permits the state’s public universities to suspend or terminate employees without declaring financial exigency.
Student Loans
The selection of Rohit Chopra is a sign that the new administration wants aggressive oversight of student-loan servicers.
Teaching & Learning
What’s it like to find out your favorite new professor has been dead for almost two years? In a word, weird.
The Covid-19 Burden
Increased mental-health stress, worries about affordability, doubts about the value of college, and sagging motivation all emerged in a survey’s findings.
Admissions
The College Board announced on Tuesday that it would discontinue two offerings — and that a “more flexible” digital SAT is coming.
The Review
I’m a writer only because educators were dedicated to my success.
The Review
The punitive overreactions of university administrators grow ever more demented.
Advice
More than ever, campus leaders are struggling with a long list of crises facing higher education.