March 19, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 67, Issue 14Cover Story
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Lives Under Pressure24 Hours in Higher Ed, One Year Into the Pandemic
To document Covid-19’s indelible mark on life and work in higher education, The Chronicle followed more than a dozen people in the space of a day.
Highlights
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A Year at a Distance
The Stranded
The pandemic has not just disrupted international students’ college experience. It has marooned them all over the world. -
The Pandemic's Toll
The Scholar With the Skeleton Key
The pandemic has frayed nerves and exposed our tattered safety net. Can this researcher make people see the connection? -
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Advice
How Much Has Covid Cost Colleges? $183 Billion
The financial situation is dire. But colleges that stay focused have a fighting chance. -
By the Numbers
What Higher Education Has Endured for the Past Year
A look back at a trying year for higher ed reveals strained budgets, falling enrollment, hefty job losses, burned-out faculty and staff members, struggling students, and death.
Also in the issue
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Fall Plans
The California State System Made a Big Bet for Fall. It Paid Off in Enrollment.
Long before many colleges had set their plans — and despite a prevailing narrative that students wouldn’t enroll — California State declared that fall semester would be largely online. -
Research
Why a Columbia Neuroscientist Acknowledged Using Heroin
Carl Hart felt he had to “come out of the closet.” He knew there’d be downsides. -
Graduate Students
MIT Offers Financial Lifeline to Graduate Students Seeking Escape From Toxic Advisers
A new program will guarantee one semester of adviser-independent funding so students will have time to find a new adviser or lab and not miss a paycheck. -
Talking Back
‘Zoom Fatigue,’ Gratitude, and Purring Cats: A Peek at Life During the Pandemic
Readers told us what they’re sick of, what they’ve missed, and what has forever changed, for better or worse. -
The Review
Enrollment Managers Are Flying Blind
Almost all the instruments colleges would normally use to predict the fall are broken. -
The Review
Why Haven’t More Colleges Closed?
Prognosticators predicted mass shutterings. That hasn’t happened, but other enormous changes are underway. -
The Review
What We’ve Lost in a Year of Virtual Teaching
Our professional identity has suffered, and so have our students. But we’ve learned, too. -
Advice
How to Manage Through Emotional Exhaustion
Those of us in academic leadership are not talking enough about mental health and wellness.
