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Scenarios for the next COVID-19 variants: the SAGE document

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Bryan Alexander

What will COVID-19 develop into?  What variants should we expect? I’d like to continue my futures exploration of the pandemic today by focusing on a set of scenarios recently published by Britain’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).  It’s an … Continue reading →

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Four futures for higher education after neoliberalism

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Bryan Alexander

How might higher education change if society moves beyond the neoliberal order? Scholar Chris Newfield recently published a fine set of scenarios for future colleges and universities.  It is very much worth your time to explore.  Here I’ll set the … Continue reading →

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The post-COVID summer of higher education

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

What happens to higher education if COVID-19 vaccines are widely taken by next summer? Way back in September I offered a scenario with a much darker vision, based on COVID continuing to gnaw on society for several more years.  Today … Continue reading →

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Imagining higher education after three COVID years

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

What happens if we don’t have a COVID-19 vaccine by early 2021?  Or 2022?  In other words, what might the world look like if the pandemic continues at around the present level for several years? Last week I used this … Continue reading →

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Another Toggle Term: North Carolina State University

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

This week has seen two American universities choose what I’ve dubbed a Toggle Term.  That means they began the fall semester with in-person education but switched over to wholly online education once infections took off. The first Toggle was the … Continue reading →

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Gaming and scenarios for November’s election

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

What a year is 2020. Today I’d like to share political forecasting story. buy priligy online buy priligy no prescription generic   It links elections and the pandemic. It is also a good example of two futures tools, which are … Continue reading →

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What are the criteria for flipping a fall semester into a Toggle Term?

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

How will colleges and universities respond to on-campus infections this fall? Previously I have posited three scenarios that describe how academic institutions might proceed during the COVID-19 pandemic.  One of them, Toggle Term, outlines a semester wherein campuses switch from … Continue reading →

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One particular problem with the ICE international student ruling

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

On July 6th the American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) ruled that international students would not be allowed in the United States if their classes were entirely online. There are all kinds of problems with this, as I and … Continue reading →

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Liberal arts colleges look to fall 2020

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

How will American higher education take shape this fall? (UPDATED August 27) I’ve been exploring that question since COVID-19 roared out of Hubei province.  I’ve addressed it at a systematic level and by examining several institutions’ strategies.  Today I’d like … Continue reading →

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ICE rules against international students taking online semesters, gestures towards one academic future

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency issued a new policy about international students which could have significant impact on the new academic year.  International student access to American higher education and some campus’ financial sustainability each took … Continue reading →

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