THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — For professors, moving to remote teaching in the face of a global pandemic has ruptured the semester. While the shift has raised new questions, like which online tools are best for a particular course, it’s also reignited old debates, about the best way to grade; about what grades even are. It’s exacerbated most challenges students face in their lives beyond the classroom — and made it harder to ignore how those challenges can inhibit academic performance.