(2nd UPDATE, 9:20 p.m. May 3 MORE CUTS INFO) Ohio U cuts 140 positions; other universities soon to do the same?

3 May 20203 May 2020

2nd UPDATE: 9:20 p.m. EDT, May 3: Bryan Alexander has a comprehensive list of announced furloughs or job cuts. One of his conclusions bears special attention: A few reflections on…

What about the staff?

27 Apr 202027 Apr 2020

There’s been plenty of discussion across the country surrounding how America’s colleges and universities will reopen in the fall. Each day brings about announcements from schools (though note how many…

Brown president: Make students partners in getting our colleges reopened

26 Apr 2020

Christina Paxson is the president of Brown University. In today's New York Times, she offers a sober, serious but cautiously optimistic evaluation of how U.S. colleges and universities can reopen…

Major cuts, including to athletics, coming to the University of Akron and other institutions

24 Apr 202024 Apr 2020

The photo above was taken outside my sister-in-law's house after a powerful storm ripped through her street a few years ago. The photo applies to what's happening at America's colleges…

The presidents of Johns Hopkins and Purdue send strikingly different messages; only one of the men passes the leadership test

22 Apr 202022 Apr 2020

I begin this blog post admitting a bias: I believe a person's true character comes through during times of crisis. You must decide the degree to which those sentiments influence…

Southern New Hampshire University makes bold promise to its incoming freshmen

22 Apr 2020

Southern New Hampshire University has informed its incoming freshmen that the school will provide   An Innovation Scholarship that covers 100% of your first-year tuition (effectively making your start at…

An open letter to college students

20 Apr 202028 Apr 2020

Hi everyone, If you're on the semester system, you're just about at the finish line. This most unusual semester is soon to end. If you're on the quarter system, keep…

A fall with no college football? That would mean…

15 Apr 202015 Apr 2021

If the coronavirus epidemic remains in place in August, there are two bitter realities higher education would have to accept. The first -- and the more important one -- is…

Easing faculty members’ minds as fears of lengthy closed campuses fester

14 Apr 2020

The question is being asked all across the country: Will coronavirus again require all of us to teach off-campus in the fall? Or, in an even more unsettling option, will…