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A variety of answers to the question how the pandemic will impact higher education can be found here. Plenty here you might find relevant, not applicable, agreeable, or disagreeable. But the common theme of all: big change. There's no going back. https://twitter.com/chronicle/status/1251692000430231553
"The only certainty is that the disruptions caused by the pandemic will lead to budget shortfalls and cost-cutting at institutions of all types, probably for many months to come."
It's already happening, and fast. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Major-Cost-Cutting-Begins-in/248558
It's already happening, and fast. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Major-Cost-Cutting-Begins-in/248558
@insidehighered even has a Coronavirus live update page. (Note: You probably shouldn't look at it before going to bed like I just did...)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/20/live-updates-latest-news-coronavirus-and-higher-education
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/20/live-updates-latest-news-coronavirus-and-higher-education
For those of us in the Humanities & Social Sciences, it's worth thinking about the impact of the 2008 Great Recession, a crisis that won't match the scale of this one. This thread from 2 yrs ago explored the (ongoing) predicament we found ourselves in: https://twitter.com/PLConnelly/status/1033025424320864259?s=20
Hard days are ahead. We'll have things to fight for, ideas to generate, institutions to stabilize, students to serve, prayers to offer. For a moment, though, acknowledging a feeling of grief and embracing small consolations seems appropriate. Speaking of: https://twitter.com/YoYo_Ma/status/1249363285163507714
