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Credit/No Credit Variations and Universal Pass: The Debate Over Grading Policies during COVID-19

When students flocked to the train station and parking lots on March 6 to leave for spring break there were 211 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States. Almost two months later, that number is now at 1,092,815. Grading policies are

May 2, 2020

Yes (Eliminate shadow grades) 107 No (Maintain optional CR/NC policy) 89 Abstain 7

Around Higher Education·Highlights·News

Eliminating Letter Grades for Spring 2020: How It Happened

Skip to: Student Response | The Deliberation Process | After the Vote On Apr. 16, roughly one month after the college evacuated its students and transitioned to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 crisis, a faculty vote changed the temporary grading

April 30, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

Imperialism Doesn’t End During a Pandemic

The coronavirus was declared a global pandemic shortly over one month ago by the World Health Organization. Since that point, its growth has continued to skyrocket and devastate the world, especially impacting the most vulnerable populations. At the time of my writing,

April 29, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

From Illegal to Essential

Within the depths of this crisis, 7 p.m. was a shining light on the worst days for many New York City residents. People cheered at their windows, banged pots on their stoops, and sang from their balconies in gratitude for the thousands

April 29, 2020

Highlights·News

Faculty Members Unsure About Zoom Privacy Issues

Aside from making national headlines for being the main online application that colleges are turning towards during the COVID-19 outbreak, Zoom has received much media attention for its privacy and security issues. As was reported by multiple major news outlets, one of

April 28, 2020

Highlights·News

Celebrating Black Excellence in the Many Forms It Takes: Thandiwe McMillan ’20

Thandiwe McMillan ’20 is an ambitious creative at Swarthmore. The senior, originally from Brooklyn, NY, transferred to Swarthmore her junior year and has since been a sprinter on the track team, a member of drama board, a wardrobe manager, an assistant for

April 28, 2020

Features·Highlights·News

Student Housing Situation Amidst College’s Shift To Remote Learning

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the college has made drastic changes to students’ housing plans. At the outset of Spring Break, students’ residents halls remained open from Saturday March 7 to Sunday March 15. Five days into spring break, however, President Valerie

April 23, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

In Criticism of the Cupcake, the Counterfeit Confection

Before I dive into my rant about cupcakes, I would like to acknowledge that cupcakes are an entirely frivolous subject for an op-ed. The world has far more pressing issues at hand than the merits of a frosted confection. Personally, however, I

April 13, 2020

Highlights·News

Shift to Online Classes and COVID-19 Updates

Spring semester to be completed online with credit/no credit While Swarthmore classes had previously been scheduled to move online until April 3, President Valerie Smith sent out an email on March 17 sharing the administration’s decision that all classes will remain online

April 11, 2020

Highlights·News

Students Studying Abroad Return to U.S. Due to COVID-19 Outbreak and Travel Restrictions

On March 12, President Donald Trump announced travel restrictions from 26 Schengen-area European countries to the U.S. as an attempt to combat the further spread of COVID-19 to, and within, the U.S. American citizens were exempt from the travel restriction. The travel

April 3, 2020

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