How Will the Pandemic Change Higher Education?
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The coronavirus crisis has — in what seems like an instant — upended much of modern life, and higher education has not been spared. Campuses are closed, courses moved online, commencements canceled. Uncertainty and fear cloud the future. In the short term, students scramble to figure out their fall plans, the faculty faces hiring freezes, and administrators debate once-unimaginable options, like whether to declare financial exigency.
Originally published: April 10, 2020
Author: G. Gabrielle Starr, Joseph Aoun, Patricia McGuire
Position: President, President, President,
Institution: Northeastern University, Pomona College, Trinity Washington University
Published by: The Chronicle of Higher Ed