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Negotiating displacement, regaining community: The Harvard Language Center's response to the COVID‐19 crisis
Author(s) -
Ross Andrew F.,
DiSalvo Mary L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/flan.12463
Subject(s) - covid-19 , center (category theory) , negotiation , population , transition (genetics) , community college , pedagogy , higher education , sociology , political science , public relations , mathematics education , psychology , medical education , medicine , law , social science , demography , virology , biochemistry , chemistry , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , gene , crystallography , outbreak
The COVID‐19 crisis has fundamentally disrupted teaching and learning practices at many post‐secondary institutions with a highly residential population. The present article outlines the situation at Harvard University and details the steps taken by the Language Center to mitigate the effects of the transition to remote teaching and learning. These include changes in communication strategies, support mechanisms for faculty and students, and modifications to the Center's operational policies. The authors provide a number of concrete recommendations for academic support units in transitions of this type.