Repetition and routine are critical for the success of student-athletes as well as their teams, and this marked change in the availability of resources proved to be a major obstacle.
Meaningful change is nearly always hard on the people who have to manage and adopt new technologies. That said, we’re making it harder than it has to be.
With the pandemic and issues of racism increasing students' need for support, young people are turning to each other augment services provided by schools.
Prospective students turn to college websites, synchronous instruction becomes mainstream and adult learners search for work-life balance as past year brings big changes.
Maine's Unity College made a big investment several years ago in technology and virtual learning. That decision before the pandemic has kept it from being 'a casualty of war.'
A recent national survey of how Americans feel about numerous aspects of higher education shows they want more institutional accountability, and - on measure after measure - they view private, for-profit colleges more negatively than institutions from the other higher education sectors.
One of the challenges for universities post-COVID will be understanding the extent to which online learning will become a viable first-choice for more students.
Keeping lectures online prompted an angry response from some students, who started a petition saying that it was "ridiculous" and a "disgrace" - and calling for a "complete return to in-person teaching".
