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Leader Communication in the Time of COVID – Questions, Reflections, Observations
Scene: I was sitting at the head of a ridiculously long table with a large group of worried, sober faces looking back at me. I had just called an emergency meeting of all the department chairs and essential staff in my school: a group of nearly 20 people. The college President had just indicated...
Addressing Classroom Communication post Covid-19: Challenges and Changes
March 2020 brought about rapid change and disruption in higher education that left many teachers scrambling to move their face-to-face courses to the online environment. Some of us were suddenly faced with teaching Communication courses such as Basic Public Speaking, Communication Research Methods...
What Is the Plan? Communication Challenges in K-12 Education During the Pandemic
Just a little over a year ago, elementary and secondary education teachers and students were beginning a new year and a new semester, energized from their break and ready to conquer the traditions of a spring semester that would include field trips, standardized tests, and graduation. Unfortunately...
Mental Health in Academia During the COVID Pandemic
The Spring of 2020 was a period of stress and uncertainty for most humans. Staff, faculty, and students in higher education were no exception. Colleges and universities across the United States were forced to act (sometimes swiftly, sometimes with extreme reluctance) as on-ground, face-to-face...
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