You’ve probably heard about what happened at Van Hise Hall at UW-Madison this month: Two concrete slabs broke off the façade and crashed to the ground in front of the main entrance. Thankfully, no one was injured or killed. Unfortunately, it is an example that illustrates the need for more […]
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There is a simple way of telling which universities care about their students
I can’t be alone in cheering on Manchester’s students after videos surfaced of them furiously pulling down fences the university put up around their dorms to enforce the lockdown. The fencing was reminiscent of Beijing’s method early on in Wuhan, where authorities welded shut gates and placed bars across apartment […]
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Universities that reject ‘business as usual’ have best chance of surviving COVID-19
Businesses — whether large or small, or whether they are healthcare, educational cultural or recreational institutions — all have been tragically affected by COVID-19. For colleges and universities, the beginning of the fall semester will be especially challenging. Even prior to the onset of the coronavirus, many universities and colleges […]
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As universities reopen, no one has more uncertainty than this year’s freshman class
There’s the adventure of going off to college for the first time, that big, nerve-wracking step toward adulthood that some students have been preparing for their entire high school careers. And then there’s going off to college for the first time in 2020. That is, if this year’s freshman class […]