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Newsletter Archive
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Nov. 19, 2020Professors are exhausted and overwhelmed this semester. What can colleges do about it?
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Nov. 12, 2020Our colleague Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz asked professors how they’re holding on to students’ attention in a distracting time. Here’s what she learned.
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Nov. 5, 2020The day after an uncertain presidential election, faculty members across the country led conversations about what it all means.
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Oct. 29, 2020Instructors in large sections of STEM courses face a particular set of challenges, as I report in my latest story.
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Oct. 22, 2020Some academics are worried that the pandemic and remote learning have made it difficult for colleges to engage students in discussions around the presidential campaign.
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Oct. 15, 2020Remember when some instructors argued the best way to hold students’ attention was banning laptops in class?
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Oct. 8, 2020A student leader describes ways in which faculty members can support students through a particularly difficult fall.
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Oct. 1, 2020An online-teaching expert provides tips on a fraught topic.
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Sept. 24, 2020Students share what learning remotely has been like and how faculty members can improve the experience.
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Sept. 17, 2020A new required course for first-year students is part of Barnard College’s effort to make this virtual semester a meaningful one.