Planning for the Fall Semester in 2020: Video from the Wall Street Journal
Planning for the Fall Semester in 2020: Video from the Wall Street Journal
May 2020
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A new @WSJ feature on the potential ways the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the future of higher education permanently consults "Academia Next" author @BryanAlexander. Watch the full video here: https://t.co/VzEYkiAMp1
Excellent brief video overview of Bryan Alexander's three scenarios of how the coming fall will be shaped by COVID-19. Additionally there are comments from institutions large and small about the impact of the pandemic on higher education. The Associated Press published a story that notes that, even if open, universities cannot be operating in quite the same way as before.
WVU President Gordon Gee: “If it was simply based on science, we would keep everything shut down until we have a vaccine and until it’s working. But I don’t feel that that’s feasible, either economically or socially, and certainly not educationally,” https://t.co/MGUQS2uotF
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