It has been nearly four years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Since then, considerable research has been conducted on the pandemic's impact on students, both in terms of academic performance and mental health. In a previous blog post, we discussed how Covid resulted in learning loss and impeded students' development [...]
When I was a kid, I remember friends whose parents would pay them for every “A” on their report card. Others got special treats, like a trip to get ice cream or see a movie. The U.S., whose national report card came out last month, sadly isn’t eligible for any [...]
Learning Loss. Academic Skills. Soft Skills. Read or listen to any mainstream news source and you’re likely to hear these phrases bandied about. What does it all mean? When K-12 schools and colleges shut down in March of 2020, many parents, students and educators thought they were getting an extended [...]
Earlier this month, the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19 led to huge increases in cases on some college campuses. In response, a few colleges moved finals online and encouraged students to leave campus as soon as possible. Now, as schools prepare to resume classes in January and COVID cases [...]
On March 25, Rutgers University, a public university in New Jersey, announced that it would require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before coming to its three campuses in the fall. Rutgers may have been the first college to require the vaccine, but in the following days and weeks, many [...]
A few days ago, I was telling my parents that some of my seniors likely will have to decide which college they're going to attend without having visited, as the pandemic has upended college visits for the past year. My dad commented that he didn't visit any colleges before deciding [...]
Although the 2020-2021 college admissions cycle is far from over, we can learn a great deal about the pandemic's effects on admissions from early action and early decision outcomes. Consider the following: Applications to highly selective colleges increased significantly: early applications were up 22% at Brown, 38% at Yale, 49% [...]
Countless businesses have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and colleges are no exception. In addition to all the "normal" considerations that students and parents have when it comes to choosing a college, an additional factor this year is whether colleges are financially stable and if they are at [...]
Guest blog post by Marcia Bannon Sending your child 2,000 miles away for their freshman year of college is never easy. Will they be homesick? Will they get along with their roommate? Will they be successful in their classes? In the age of coronavirus, it can be even more anxiety-producing [...]
In preparing for the fall, colleges have been presenting a wide variety of scenarios. Since late April, the Chronicle of Higher Education has been tracking the fall plans of nearly 1,125 colleges. As of July 13, 57% of those colleges are planning to have students on campus and offer classes [...]
