Law schools roll out new measures as COVID-19 again threatens in-person classes
REUTERS — It’s back to remote learning for some law schools—at least temporarily. A growing number of universities in recent days have announced they’re reverting to online classes for the first several weeks of January in hopes of minimizing the spread of COVID-19, which has surged in many places with the arrival of the highly contagious Omicron…
Read More about Law schools roll out new measures as COVID-19 again threatens in-person classesSome law schools move online for final exams as COVID-19 cases rise
REUTERS – At least three law schools abruptly moved their final exams online this week after their universities announced new campus closures tied to COVID-19. Cornell University on Tuesday shut down its Ithaca campus after reporting nearly 500 COVID-19 cases last week, halfway through the law school’s nine-day finals period. New York University and George Washington University…
Read More about Some law schools move online for final exams as COVID-19 cases riseColleges move exams online, urge boosters as coronavirus cases rise and omicron fears grow
THE WASHINGTON POST — Colleges around the country are worrying about outbreaks of the coronavirus, leading some to pivot online and cancel events, and others to abruptly change rules on campus in the waning days of the fall semester. At Cornell University, where cases of the omicron variant have been confirmed and many more are…
Read More about Colleges move exams online, urge boosters as coronavirus cases rise and omicron fears growTechnical problems again plague remote bar examinees, who blame software provider
ABA JOURNAL — Following various technical issues candidates faced with the remote October 2020 bar exam, the July 2021 online administration had problems as well, according to some test-takers. They reject software provider ExamSoft’s assertion that the complications were related to hardware. According to the National Conference of Bar Examiners, 30 jurisdictions had remotely administered exams in…
Read More about Technical problems again plague remote bar examinees, who blame software providerRemote learning and student burnout possible explanations for bar pass rate drop
ABA JOURNAL — Bar exam pass rates dropped in July 2021, and some fear another decrease for 2022 graduates nationally because most candidates will have experienced at least half their legal education during the pandemic. Related problems mentioned by academics include getting used to online learning, isolation, anxiety and exhaustion.“They have had the largest pandemic impact…
Read More about Remote learning and student burnout possible explanations for bar pass rate dropNew study shows that half of all college students take online courses
INSIDE HIGHER ED — An analysis of newly available federal data shows that a far larger proportion of college students take at least one fully online course than was previously understood. The analysis, first conducted by the ed-tech consultant and blogger Phil Hill, shows that based on 12-month reporting — which the Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary…
Read More about New study shows that half of all college students take online coursesPost-pandemic college experience may be a hybrid of in-person and online learning
THE WASHINGTON POST — Wearing a mask and Birkenstocks as he roved the classroom one afternoon, associate professor John Delacruz sought to rev up his students for an assignment in advertising design. They were each to create a poster defining an artist’s brand through color, font and other elements of text.“Do it,” Delacruz urged them.…
Read More about Post-pandemic college experience may be a hybrid of in-person and online learningPandemic drives growth in number of students taking classes partially or entirely online
INSIDE HIGHER ED — It won’t be clear for a good while whether and how much the last year’s grand, unplanned experiment with remote learning has permanently altered the landscape for using technology to deliver college instruction. A first step, though, is getting good data on how patterns shifted during the last year — and that…
Read More about Pandemic drives growth in number of students taking classes partially or entirely onlineCapital Law temporarily returns to remote classes due to rise in covid cases
ABOVE THE LAW — After sending students to remote learning environments for the better part of the past year and a half due to the coronavirus crisis, law schools across the country have finally opened up their doors to welcome their students back to real-life learning. But with COVID cases climbing due to the Delta variant,…
Read More about Capital Law temporarily returns to remote classes due to rise in covid casesNew Orleans law schools will return to online classes temporarily amid impact of Hurricane Ida
REUTERS — New Orleans’ law schools will remain closed for at least two weeks as the city recovers from Hurricane Ida and workers try to restore power to more than one million people in Louisiana — a task that could take a month or more.
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