Written by: Audrey June Published by: The Chronicle of Higher Education MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: There’s plenty of evidence that higher education is relieved to have its emergency pivot to online learning safely behind it. But a repeat performance of remote instruction in the fall will be happening partially at some institutions, and full scale at others. That means … [Read more...]
Only One in Five Schools Offered ‘Rigorous’ Remote Learning, Study Says
Written by: Mark Lieberman Published by: Education Week MBA News Digest Comment: While this study focused on K-12, would a similar study find that the same thing happened in GME programs? Extracted Content: Only 20 percent of schools offered rigorous, technology-based remote instruction while school buildings were shut down this spring, according to a new report from the American Enterprise … [Read more...]
MBA Classes This Fall: Daily Temperature Checks, Masks, Plexiglass & Smaller Classes
Written by: John Byrne Published by: Poets&Quants MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: If you want to know what it will be like for MBAs who return to campus this fall, look no further than the Institute for Management Development (IMD) which re-opened in-person classes today for the first time in nearly three months since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the campus on March … [Read more...]
Why Colleges Should Pool Teaching Resources
Written by: John Villasenor Published by: The Chronicle of Higher Education MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: For colleges, two things about the fall of 2020 are now abundantly clear. First, much — and perhaps nearly all — instruction will be provided online. And second, colleges are experiencing unprecedented financial shortfalls. That’s why it’s all the more notable that … [Read more...]
How to Sound Your Best on Calls From Home
Written by: Nicole Nguyen Published by: Wall Street Journal MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Improve your voice and video chats by upgrading your microphone, switching your internet connection and padding your environment. Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...]
How the pandemic is sending universities back to school
Written by: Simon Kuper Published by: Financial Times MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Six months ago, few of the world’s academics had taught an online class. Now they’re almost all doing it. I asked dozens of them about their experiences. My conclusion: online education won’t replace the in-person variety, but will complement it. University teaching after the pandemic will … [Read more...]