Sloan-C and Academic Continuity

Sloan-C's interest in academic continuity stems from its Sloan Semester initiative, which was launched in 2005 in response to Hurricane Katrina (and later Rita), which struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005. Using online learning, colleges and universities from across the country responded in record numbers to help students and institutions impacted by the storms. The Sloan Semester initiative provided free online courses to students impacted by the storm.

Since then, Sloan-C has conducted various activities to increase awareness of the importance of academic continuity, to advance the practice of academic continuity, and to establish connections with practitioners in related focus areas which form a larger picture of which academic continuity is a vital part.