Academe Today: How College Leaders Are Planning for the Fall

Enrollment data could help colleges stop the virus's spread; teaching a small seminar from a distance; stranded on the academic job market; and more. [Academe Today] Are you working remotely? Here’s how to maintain your premium site-license access to The Chronicle. If you’re used to having access to The Chronicle when you’re on campus, you can keep that access when you’re at home. Read this [Site License FAQ]( to see how. It’s easy to do and gives you access wherever you are. Administration [How College Leaders Are Planning for the Fall]( [Image]( Illustration by The Chronicle By Lee Gardner Their pivot online salvaged the spring semester. Now they must ready for a near future defined by unknowns. (PREMIUM) ADVERTISEMENT [advertisement]( In Case You Missed It [The Next Casualty of the Coronavirus Crisis May Be the Academic Calendar]( By Beth McMurtrie With so many variables in play, academic leaders are struggling to determine when to reopen their campuses and whether to move fall courses online. (PREMIUM) Research [‘A Very Small World’: How Data on Student Enrollment Could Help Colleges Stop Coronavirus’s Spread]( By Nell Gluckman Researchers are analyzing the courses students take in order to understand how Covid-19 could spread on campus. Finance [Major Cost-Cutting to Respond to Covid-19 Begins, With Faculty and Staff Furloughs and Pay Cuts]( By Eric Kelderman The long-term economic impact of the pandemic is uncertain. But colleges are taking steps now to offset deep revenue losses. 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