Summary of Post-COVID 19 opportunities

Flexible Work Arrangements 

  • Remote work 
  • Mixed modality work 
  • Alternate scheduling
  • (technology, policy/bargaining)* 

Expanded Service Hours for Students 

  • Advising 
  • Office hours 
  • Nurse advice line 
  • Chatbots
  • (technology, policy/bargaining) 

Flexible Teaching Modalities 

  • Hybrid, mixed modality 
  • Digital classrooms 
  • More fully online programs 
  • (technology, policy/bargaining) 

Virtual Meeting Options 

  • Business meetings 
  • Student services 
  • Events 
  • Mixed modality 
  • (technology) 

Automate Business Operations 

  • Digital forms and approvals 
  • Streamlined workflows 
  • New/expanded technology platforms
  • (technology, policy) 

Coordinated Communication 

  • More communication in multiple channels 
  • Some structure (who communicates about what) 
  • Coordination with EOC
  • (policy, practice, technology) 

Rethink Space Needs 

  • Classroom size and configuration 
  • Shared space and offices due to flexible work arrangements 
  • Technology supported spaces (mixed modality meetings) 
  • (technology, facilities) 

Maintain Innovative Spirit 

  • (culture, policy) 

*Italicized = where we need to invest or what needs to change to make possible March 2021 

Results summary (PDF)