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Jan 24, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/6 When should professors let students miss class with no penalty?
2/6 Why is attendance in class mandatory — especially when Covid is still a threat? It's a question many students are asking after emergency remote instruction and missing class because of Covid, calling current policies "inadequate" and "irrational." chronicle.com/article/the-at…
5/ Palo Alto University canceled in-person classes until the end of its winter quarter: paloaltou.edu/all-pau-classe…6/ Midland University’s Fremont campus in Nebraska canceled in-person until March 15. midlandu.edu/midland-univer…
Mar 9, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/ The #CoronavirusOutbreak has prompted some colleges to cancel in-person classes. Follow this thread for a list of those institutions.
2/ Stanford University will cancel in-person classes for the rest of winter quarter news.stanford.edu/2020/03/06/let…
Mar 28, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Thread: In this essay, Herb Childress lays out a grim argument: College faculty members are being discarded, one step at a time. chroni.cl/2CCUf5u2/ Childress says higher ed is being redefined in ways that make faculty members irrelevant.
Mar 13, 2019 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
This morning, our reporters have extensive coverage of the bribery scandal in elite-college admissions. Here's a thread to catch you up:
First, from @Brown_e_Points: A breakdown of what court documents tell us about the breadth of the scheme: chroni.cl/2F9dbdO
Dec 13, 2017 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
1/ For the most vulnerable students, the line between enrolling and not enrolling, graduating and dropping out, is already thin. chroni.cl/2iYGMe02/ Verification — a vexing part of the financial-aid process — can push some people right over that line.
