Will the Coronavirus Forever Alter the College
Experience?
The answer so far appears to be no. But some online
education tools are likely to stick around.
“Among college-bound high school seniors, fewer than a
quarter said in December that they were open to taking even some of their college
courses online, Eduventures reported; by the end of March, after some had
experienced virtual instruction from their shutdown high schools, fewer than
one in 10 polled by niche.com said they would consider online college classes.
Sentiments like these suggest there’s little
likelihood that students will desert their real-world campuses for cyberspace
en masse. In fact, if there’s a silver lining in this situation for residential
colleges and universities, it’s that students no longer take for granted the
everyday realities of campus life: low-tech face-to-face classes, cultural
diversions, libraries, athletics, extracurricular activities, in-person office
hours and social interaction with their classmates.
“The beauty of a residential education has never been
more apparent to people,” said Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan
University.”.
Related:
Coronavirus Pushes Colleges to the Breaking Point,
Forcing ‘Hard Choices’ About Education
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-pushes-colleges-to-the-breaking-point-forcing-hard-choices-about-education-11588256157
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