"The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way students live and learn. Colleges have closed their campuses and moved classes online; some have decided to no longer require standardized tests such as the SAT or ACT for admissions; and many have opted to use pass/fail grading.
Some of these changes will be temporary, but others may be permanent.
CNBC Make It spoke with education experts, including professors, business leaders and lawyers to learn how higher education may be changed by the coronavirus pandemic:
- Fewer roommates and emergency quarantine dorms" ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/7-ways-coronavirus-pandemic-may-change-college-this-fall-and-forever.html
I am all for less dense housing. It takes a certain kind of person to be happy living in a triple. I sure wasn’t that person, and do not want that for DD.
The free online textbooks are nice. DD is using one for her summer class right now. I offered several times to buy her the print version because I personally find print books easier on the eyes (and she could highlight ideas and take notes in the margins). She declined. The younger generation is much more comfortable with it, I guess. I have a feeling they might pay for it by needing a lot of eyeglass prescriptions later. For sure I will be needing a visit to the optometrist after my own increase in screen time during covid.