U of Washington first major campus to cancel in-person classes over coronavirus concerns
Dive Brief: The University of Washington announced Friday that in light of the novel coronavirus spreading in the Seattle area, it would close its classrooms and have students take their courses and final exams remotely for the remainder of the winter quarter. The...
Ed Dept expands options for online learning in response to coronavirus
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance to help schools decide what steps to take in the event the new coronavirus interrupts student instruction. It also slackened requirements on how schools can use distance learning technologies to...
Coronavirus threat prompts more cancellations for colleges
Dive Brief: As the novel coronavirus disrupts the higher education sector, college administrators continue to have students take courses remotely to help stem the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory illness the virus causes. The institutions that are turning to...