A look at the effects of the pandemic on student well-being
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Winter break and the start of next term are fast approaching. At this point, most colleges that have announced their plans for the spring are intending to continue their modality and residence choices from the fall. Many have brought students back to campus but are continuing most instruction online.
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NPR — Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College — a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She’s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Before the pandemic, Tuesday would have been a traditional snow day with no classes for any students. This year, class schedules weren’t disrupted. In many cases, a COVID-19-induced pivot to online learning last spring paved the way for colleges and universities large and small to eliminate or curtail snow days.
Read More about Some colleges embrace online classes as an alternative to weather cancelationsWillamette Law Review to host virtual symposium on housing equity
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — This year’s symposium will cover a range of state and federal housing issues, including housing in the Western United States and problems of housing equity. Professor Richard Rothstein, an expert in the history of American housing issues, will give the keynote address on housing and segregation in the U.S.
Read More about Willamette Law Review to host virtual symposium on housing equityUniversity at Buffalo Law NYC Program in Finance and Law moves online during the pandemic
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO — One of the most difficult challenges is making decisions amid uncertainty. UB law school had to make some tough calls on this year’s New York City Program in Finance and Law. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, they decided to move the program to the spring semester and to conduct it virtually.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Research has shown that remote learning can be as good or better than in-person learning for the students who choose it. But thousands of students will soon be entering their third semester of remote instruction despite having self-selected for an in-person college experience.
Read More about A look at the long-term effects of online learning on student well-being and academic successNortheastern Law to launch part-time, online, and on-campus FlexJD program
PR NEWSWIRE — Northeastern University School of Law will launch a part-time, online and on-campus FlexJD option, the first hybrid JD program in the school’s history of delivering top-quality legal education. The school is accepting applications for this blended learning legal experience to begin in fall 2021.
Read More about Northeastern Law to launch part-time, online, and on-campus FlexJD programA look at the research behind video conferencing fatigue
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Much has been learned about Zoom and similar conferencing technologies. Zoom has updated the product monthly and even bimonthly as educators at all levels used the technology. It continues to improve. Zoom was so ubiquitous at the beginning of the COVID pandemic that is on its way to becoming an eponym.
Read More about A look at the research behind video conferencing fatigueBiden Administration orders clearer COVID-19 guidance for college openings
INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Biden signed an executive order Thursday directing the secretary of education to provide, in consultation with the secretary of health and human services, “guidance to institutions of higher education on safely reopening for in-person learning, which considers the institution’s setting, resources, and population.”
Read More about Biden Administration orders clearer COVID-19 guidance for college openingsUC Berkeley Law students discuss remote learning experience
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The members of Berkeley Law’s class of 2023 would have spent the fall months getting to know one another all over the school — chatting after class, huddling in the library, gathering in the sunshine over lattes at Café Zeb. Instead, they’ve navigated their 1L year largely digitally.
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