On April 8, AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella participated in the first in a three-part series of virtual discussions cohosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education and ABC Insights: “Colleges and the Coronavirus: Time to be Proactive.” The discussion focused on what colleges and universities should be doing now to plan for strategic changes on campus—and what they should not do during a recession. The recording is available online, and registration is free.

AAC&U has joined the American Council on Education and other organizations in sending letters to Congress detailing the urgent need for emergency relief to students and colleges and universities during and after the coronavirus pandemic.

The Census Bureau created a short video to help clarify where students should be counted, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if students are staying elsewhere temporarily, “students who normally live at school should be counted at school.”

The conference will include opportunities to explore practical and theoretical approaches to global learning and to examine strategies for making these experiences more accessible and inclusive. The conference will be held October 8–10, 2020, in Miami.

AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella will deliver the third annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Her three lectures, to be held March 26–27, will explore liberal education's role in preserving democracy and catalyzing individual and societal transformation.

Due to AAC&U’s website outage on February 24, the application deadline for the 2020 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success has been extended to Wednesday, February 26. The institute will be held June 2–5 in Atlanta.

Register now for AAC&U’s Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, “The Power of Collective Action.” The conference, to be held March 19–21 in New Orleans, will focus on building coalitions to advance effective practices, identifying solutions to enduring challenges, and leading change for the common good.