'What's New Buff and Blue': Providing Thanksgiving meals during pandemic
Podcast host Sarah Sachs speaks with the executive director of a food delivery program about providing Thanksgiving meals during the pandemic.
Embarking on the 2020 basketball season
On this week's episode of "Getting to the Bottom of It," podcast host Alec Rich speaks with sports editor Emily Maise about the upcoming basketball season.
GW SINAR organizes online Native American celebration
GW Students for Indigenous and Native American Rights is hosting online events during November to commemorate their annual Native American Heritage Celebration.

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articles from Inside Higher Ed

Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education
College of Charleston Rejects Pass-Fail Grading Nov. 23, 6:16 a.m. The College of Charleston has rejected pass-fail grades as a way of relieving […]
COVID-19 roundup: Livingstone college student dies
A student at Livingstone College died Thursday due to complications of COVID-19. Jamesha Waddell was a 23-year-old senior at Livingstone, a […]
Questions for Strada's Dave Clayton about the education and work poll from Strada
As the nation’s colleges and universities pivoted to online learning this spring, the Strada Education Network pivoted its polling and survey work […]

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articles from the Chronicle of Higher Ed

Scholars Talk Writing: John K. Roth
A Holocaust scholar and philosopher talks about writing, faculty retirement, and scholarly friendships.
Professor, Interrupted: The Legacy of Constant Disruptions
For faculty members who are also parents, academic life amid Covid-19 is about how you cope with endless tiny interruptions.
The Long Tail of an Unprecedented Crisis
How can college leaders support faculty members during this difficult time?

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from the New York Times

Outdoor Learning, in Blustery Weather
Mittens and hot tea can go a long way.
Small Social Gatherings Aren’t Driving the Virus Surge (So Far)
Yes, the coronavirus can be spread over cocktails and dinners. But these get-togethers do not account for the huge rise in cases seen now, the data show.
New York City to Close Public Schools Again as Virus Cases Rise
In a big setback for the city’s recovery, the nation’s largest district will return to all-remote learning.

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articles from the Washington Post

Bogus crowd photos at 'Million MAGA March’ and other news literacy lessons
And a look at a rare front-page editorial about the Georgia elections.
New York City schools closing because of rising coronavirus rates — and so are all schools in Kentucky
Buildings will be shuttered and teachers are being told to take home what they will need for remote learning.
Students to Biden: Include us in selecting DeVos’s successor and in education policy
A high school student explains why it is vital that she and her compatriots be involved.

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The Undercommons

Battling with the University for the University: Organizing, Friendship, and Performativity in the NYU Sanctuary Movement
[Photo: Ryan Quan from NYU News] by James McMaster and Olivia Michiko Gagnon What follows is not an account of escalating strategies and spectacular confrontations. That can be found in the news. Consider this a fragmentary homage to and audit of the ideological and intimate micropolitics of […]
Join us for our first open online strategy session March 25, 3:45pm EST
All those who struggle within, against and beyond the neoliberal, neocolonial university are invited to join us on March 25 (15:45-17:15 EST) for a special online/offline strategy session, broadcasting live from the Organizing Equality conference in London, Ontario. This session aims to share and […]
CFP: From Sanctuary to Sabotage: Fighting the Fascist Creep at and beyond Universities
CALL FOR PROVOCATIONS (April 30, 2017) The 2016 US election has been framed as both a decisive break from “politics as usual” and as a continuation and intensification of longstanding racialized, gendered, and sexualized global class warfare. In this allegedly post-truth era, the university […]