Steering your campus through a recession; how not to evaluate teaching during a pandemic; hiring managers get creative when visits dry up; and more.
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Teaching
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By Beth McMurtrie

For teaching experts in some of the nation’s poorest communities, the pandemic has meant 18-hour days and worries about the economic and emotional health of their instructors and students.

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Backgrounder
By Beth McMurtrie

As thousands of classes move online, here’s what instructors are doing to stay connected to their students. (PREMIUM)

The Chronicle Review
By Paul N. Friga

Conventional wisdom urges cost-cutting and scaling back ambitions. Here’s why you might want to fight that impulse. (PREMIUM)

Advice
By Jody Greene

Plenty of untenured faculty members are worried about how their teaching during the Covid-19 crisis will be judged and ranked in the months and years to come.
Hiring Trends
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By Julia Piper

As administrators weigh the unknowns of the pandemic, hiring managers get creative with podcasts and virtual tours. (PREMIUM)

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The Coronavirus: Resources to Help You Adapt and Plan
  • Consider five recession myths and how they apply to higher education in a virtual forum featuring Lynn Pasquerella, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Register here to tune in live or watch on demand.
  • Think through the implications of the crisis and its financial fallout on the faculty — and explore how professors can work with administrators to avoid worst-case scenarios. Watch our forum on demand.
  • Learn how institutions are adapting to a new reality and finding resilience in our weekly newsletter The Edge, by Goldie Blumenstyk, on innovation in and around academe. Sign up here.
  • Find solidarity and share ideas for overcoming common challenges in The Chronicle’s 30,000-member Facebook group, Higher Ed and the Coronavirus. Become a member here.

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In Case You Missed It
By Aisha S. Ahmad

In the early weeks of a global catastrophe like Covid-19, it’s best to accept that the world has changed and reimagine yourself and your work within it.

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Special Reports

As colleges and universities have struggled to devise policies to respond to the quickly evolving situation, here are links to The Chronicle’s key coverage of how this worldwide health crisis is affecting campuses.
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Everyone is under stress trying to cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic, but students are especially vulnerable: They’re disconnected from campus resources and communities, as well as the structure and rhythm of classes and the academic year. Download our latest collection for expert advice on supporting students through this stressful transition.

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