Reported by Inside Higher Ed, more and more institutions are ramping up their proctoring technology along with their broader moves to online learning. But is technology our only answer, or can we adjust the stakes altogether?

Reported by Education Dive, with many last-minute reversals, and some institutions having to move to online-only just a few days after re-opening because of immediate COVID clusters on-campus, the Nostradamus’s among us claimed that we all knew this was inevitable.

Reported by Education Dive, a new study from Community College Research Center has found that students who take as many as 10 credits at a two-year institution while enrolled in a 4-year program increase their chances to graduate on time and earn higher wages post-graduation.

Reported by Inc, Google Career Certificates are 6-month skill programs Google themselves claim will count equivalent to a 4-year degree requirement for new employees they’re hiring, including project manager, data analyst, and UX designer.

Reported by EdSurge, many institutions have dug into their data over the last five years to learn that admissions tests like SAT and ACT aren’t reliable predictors of a student’s success at their institution, and are moving toward test-optional admissions policies.

Reported by Education Dive, more and more colleges are looking to their states for liability shields offered to some hospitals and other businesses, both to prevent legislation from students looking for refunds if they close campus, and also from students looking for liability if they come back to campus and catch COVID.

Reported by NPR, the Big Ten and Pac-12 have both announced that their fall sports schedule have been canceled for the remainder of the academic year.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, higher ed has done a formidable job immediately translating in-person courses into online experiences.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, hundreds of colleges with optimistic intentions of coming back with in-person instruction options to start the fall semester have recently reversed course and announced that fall will begin with online-only instruction.

Reported by Inside Higher Ed, many universities are starting to offer significant tuition discounts for fall.