No parties. No sports. How Oberlin College is surviving the pandemic.

The New York Times has posted a 42-minute audio interview with Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar.  Host Kara Swisher says, “Colleges across the country are figuring out how Covid has changed the college experience, while parents are struggling to understand why schools haven’t changed their price tag.”

You can find the Sway podcast online.  If you access it from the Times website, a transcript is included.

Covid-19 Delays Future Plans.

Some of the recommendations in the "One Oberlin" report, designed to balance the College and Conservatory’s budget in light of the structural deficit, have been put on hold because of the pandemic.  However, no new reductions have been added to the plan.  The Oberlin Review has an update.

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