COVID-19 Supplies
Updated 9/18/2020, 9:00 a.m. CDT
The Midwestern Higher Education Compact is monitoring the evolution of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and will continue to monitor the situation closely in the coming weeks. Health and safety are our top priority. We all find ourselves in an unpredictable and ever-changing situation. The information on this page and our archived page are intended to be informative but not all inclusive. We know that many organizations are providing resources and information, our hope is not to clutter and confuse things. Please let us know if there is something you would like us to add or that you would like to know by sending an email to: jennyp@mhec.org.
Latest News
- Reversals in colleges' fall 2020 reopening plans (real time data dashboard), Inside Higher Ed, September 15, 2020
- What we know about enrollment changes in the time of COVID-19, Higher Education Today, September 14, 2020
- COVID-19 Work and Education Survey, Strada Education Network, August 26, 2020
- Secretary DeVos issues new distance learning regulations to spur high-quality distance and competency-based programs, better serve diverse population of higher education students, US Department of Education, August 24, 2020
- New grant for colleges affected by COVID-19, Inside Higher Ed, August 20, 2020
- Is help coming from Washington?, Inside Higher Ed, August 10, 2020
- Colleges may need to test every 2 days to contain coronavirus outbreaks, study finds, Education Dive, August 4, 2020
Spring 2021
- Colleges scrap spring break to limit coronavirus spread, Education Dive, September 15, 2020
- Spring planning has begun. Here’s what colleges are thinking so far., The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 11, 2020
Fall 2020
- Derailed by poor messaging, Inside Higher Ed, September 15, 2020
- With fall off to a sputtering start, colleges look ahead to spring, Education Dive, September 10, 2020
- Is robust coronavirus testing enough to prevent college outbreaks?, Education Dive, September 8, 2020
- Cross-campus comparisons on COVID aren't easy, Inside Higher Ed, September 8, 2020
- Counties and colleges wrangle over COVID-19, Inside Higher Ed, September 8, 2020
- Small colleges try to contain COVID clusters, Inside Higher Ed, September 8, 2020
- Fall Update: Meeting Student Basic Needs During COVID-19, U.S. PIRG, September 3, 2020
- Signed, Sick in Iowa, Inside Higher Ed, September 3, 2020
- Is robust coronavirus testing enough to prevent college outbreaks?, Education Dive, September 3, 2020
- Will fall bring more campus closures as coronavirus cases climb?, Education Dive, September 2, 2020
- New Database Tracks Reversals in Colleges' Fall Reopening Plans, Inside Higher Ed, August 31, 2020
- Trigger Warnings, Inside Higher Ed, August 28, 2020
- Disparities in Testing, Inside Higher Ed, August 21, 2020
Emerging Policies and Practices
- Pursuing regulatory compliance for digital instruction in response to COVID-19: Policy playbook, Every Learner Everywhere, September 17, 2020
- Textbook Affordability in the Time of COVID-19, Serials Review, 2020, DOI
- Counties and Colleges Wrangle Over COVID-19, Inside Higher Ed, September 8, 2020
- What's Next: How will the pandemic change college football?, Education Dive, September 4, 2020
- As pandemic continues, colleges help unemployed workers find new jobs, Education Dive, September 1, 2020
- Moody's: Coronavirus is accelerating shift to online education, Education Dive, August 27, 2020
- COVID-19 Roundup: Cases Spike, and Students Punished, Inside Higher Ed, August 25, 2020
- Blame game, Inside Higher Ed, August 24, 2020
Teaching Online
- Using blogs for online, hybrid or hyflex teaching, Inside Higher Ed, September 16, 2020
- The moment is primed for asynchronous learning, Inside Higher Ed, September 16, 2020
- Ed-Tech mania is back - Utopian-minded tech gurus promise they’ll solve all of academe’s problems. They won’t., The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 14, 2020
- Not ‘Glorified Skype’, Inside Higher Ed, August 27, 2020
- Research: Most ed tech PD in spring was informal, teacher-initiated, Education Dive, August 17, 2020
Students
- The latest crisis: Low-income students are dropping out of college this fall in alarming numbers, The Washington Post, September 16, 2020
- More pandemic consequences for underrepresented students, Inside Higher Ed, September 16, 2020
- Mental Health Needs Rise With Pandemic, Inside Higher Ed, September 11, 2020
- 10 Percent, Inside Higher Ed, September 11, 2020
- Despite Warnings, No Clear Advice on Closing Dorms, Inside Higher Ed, September 10, 2020
- ‘Nobody Likes Snitching’: How Rules Against Parties Are Dividing Campuses, New York Times, September 9, 2020
- PROOF POINTS: Black college enrollment sharply down during Covid summer of 2020, The Hechinger Report, September 8, 2020
- A question of trust, Inside Higher Ed, September 2, 2020
- Fall brings wave of furloughs, Inside Higher Ed, September 2, 2020
- How colleges can help vulnerable students in their pandemic response, Education Dive, August 26, 2020
- 10 ways to prioritize student mental health, University Business, August 26, 2020
- 3 COVID challenges hit first-generation students harder, University Business, August 24, 2020
Institutional Financial Considerations
- Pricing today and tomorrow, Inside Higher Ed, September 16, 2020
- College tuition benchmark posts big drop in August, Education Dive, September 14, 2020
- What if everyone on campus understood the money?, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 11, 2020
- Small Colleges Try to Contain COVID Clusters, Inside Higher Ed, September 8, 2020
- 5 financial issues schools will face due to the coronavirus-induced recession, Education Dive, August 19, 2020
- How colleges fared in the Paycheck Protection Program, Education Dive, August 19, 2020
- S&P report anticipates weakened enrollments, likely revenue loss, Inside Higher Ed, August 19, 2020
- Community colleges seek more parity in COVID aid, Inside Higher Ed, August 18, 2020
Additional Concerns
- COVID-19 Roundup: Quarantines of All Types, Inside Higher Ed, September 17, 2020
- Outbreak Stresses Town-Gown Relations in Wisconsin, September 17, 2020
- Big Ten Reverses Course, Inside Higher Ed, September 17, 2020
- Few employees want to work exclusively from the office anymore, Slack survey shows, CIO Dive, September 16, 2020
- Higher ed’s next black swan?, Inside Higher Ed, September 14, 2020
- How COVID-19 is hurting teacher diversity, Education Week, September 14, 2020
- Burning out, Inside Higher Ed, September 14, 2020
- Despite warnings, no clear advice on closing dorms, Inside Higher Ed, September 10, 2020
- Who leads colleges after COVID-19?, Inside Higher Ed, September 9, 2020
- Gag order or privacy concern?, Inside Higher Ed, August 31, 2020
- 9 tips for assisting vulnerable student groups, University Business, August 24, 2020
- New survey highlights back-office challenges and opportunities for educational institutions in remote work environments, Concur Technologies, August 24, 2020
Higher Education Publications
The Chronicle of Higher Education, free access to breaking-news updates
Complete coverage
Best advice on teaching online during the pandemic
Private Facebook discussion group
Running tracker of the latest developments
Coping with Coronavirus, How faculty members can support students in traumatic times
Inside Higher Ed, Latest Coronavirus News
MHEC Specific Programs
MHEC's program teams have provided resources and information related to COVID-19. Program areas include insurance, military credit, student health, technology, and procurement.
lnsurance (Master Property Program and MHECare Student Insurance Solutions)
Resources to support questions regarding potential insurance solutions and strategies.
- Marsh’s Pandemic Risk Resource Center
- Mercer Stay Informed on Coronavirus
- University Risk Management & Insurance Association (URMIA), COVID Conversations (Members Only)
Military-Connected Students and GI Bill (MHEC's Multi-State Collaborative on Military Credit)
The GI Bill has several educational benefits, including housing allowances for students at residential institutions. Since many campuses are switching to online instruction, it was unclear what will happen to these benefits as of 3/19/2020. These benefits were officially continued regardless of emergency measures taken by schools on 3/22/2020.
- Needed: A GI Bill for the Millions of Workers Displaced by the Pandemic, Medium, May 21, 2020
- Lawmakers pass second emergency package to protect student veterans from coronavirus losses, Military Times, April 21, 2020
- Public Law No: 116-140 or the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020
- The Post-9/11 GI Bill, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Facebook
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Benefits Twitter
Student Health/Wellness/Coping/Mental Health Information (MHECare Student Insurance Solutions)
Considerations and resources to support student health and wellness needs.
Technology (MHEC Technology Contracts)
Technology resources to support COVID-19 planning and preparation.
- DELL Technologies: Navigating Through COVID-19
- Dell has shared a resource they recommend to institutions for identifying grant opportunities for technology: https://www.grantsoffice.com/.
- Dell also has some timely webcasts addressing COVID-19 technology funding opportunities. https://www.grantsoffice.info/webcasts.
- HPE: HPE to deliver five new return-to-work solutions to help organizations accelerate recovery in wake of COVID-19
- HP Inc.: HP's Response to COVID-19
- Lenovo: Responses to COVID-19
- INFO-TECH: COVID-19 Resource Center
- VMWare: Business Continuity Solutions
- Xerox: How Xerox is Responding to COVID-19
Government/National Health Organizations
Links to government and national resources in response to COVID-19.
U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Resources for Institutions of Higher Education
- Higher Risk and Special Populations
World Health Organization (WHO)
John Hopkins University & Medicine
Federal Government Updates
Overviews of and links to federal and state actions in response to COVID-19’s impact on higher education, students and families, as well as advocacy and guidance from higher education organizations.
United States Department of Education (USDE)
- Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, Supplemental FAQ, June 16, 2020
- CARES Act Education Stabilization Fund: Background and Analysis, Congressional Research Service, June 3, 2020
National Higher Education Responses, Guidance, and Advocacy
- AASCU, Resources for State Colleges and Universities on the Coronavirus
- AGB, Coronavirus Resources for Higher Education Boards
- CooleyED, Managing Covid-19 Disruption
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), CISA Information & Updates on COVID-19
- EAB, Support your college through the coronavirus crisis
- Education Commission of the States, COVID-10 Update
- Higher Learning Commission, Coronavirus Updates
- NASCIO, COVID-19 Planning and Response Guidance for State CIOs
- National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP), Coronavirus Guidance and Resources
- National Association of Education Procurement (NAEP), COVID-19: Guidance for Higher Education
- National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), Coronavirus Resources for Colleges, NACUBO, April 11, 2020
- National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Resources
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), Coronavirus (Covid-19) Web Center
- National Council of State Authorization of Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), A Note to the NC-SARA Community Regarding COVID-19, March 5, 2020
- State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), SHEEO COVID-19 Resources
- WCET, COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Updates and Resources
State and Higher Education Departments and Postsecondary System Offices in MHEC Member States
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
- Iowa Department of Health and Environment
- Board of Regents, State of Iowa
- Iowa Association of Community College Trustees
Kansas
Michigan
- State of Michigan
- Michigan Association of State Universities
- Michigan Community Colleges Association
- Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
- State of Nebraska
- University of Nebraska
- Nebraska State College System
- Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education