COVID-19 Higher Ed Questions

I’m having trouble thinking of much else beyond COVID-19. The potential impact of the virus on higher ed is dominating most of my headspace. You?

My COVID-19 related questions include:

• Online education: How much will demand increase?
• Residential classes: How many will move online?
• Quarantined students: Will they be able to shift to online studying?
• Instructional designers: How will we find enough to meet the demand to create online courses?
• Open campuses: Will campuses continue to be open places?
• International students: How will many schools survive financially if their numbers drop dramatically?
• Study abroad: Which programs will be canceled?
• Studying abroad students: Will they be able to come back?
• International students studying in the U.S.: Will they be able to go home?
• Conferences: Which ones will be canceled next?
• Conference budgets: Will professors and grad students and staff be reimbursed for canceled travel?
• Virtual conferences: Will they become the norm in 2020, and will they be any good?
• Telecommuting: Will more higher ed people start working from home?
• Zoom: How high will the company’s stock go?
• Campus tours: Will fewer prospective students visit?
• Satellite campuses: Will they become more or less attractive to schools?
• Sporting events: Will attendance be affected?
• Sports teams: Will they be able to travel?
• Student health services: Will they be overwhelmed?
• Residence halls: Can students with roommates be quarantined?
• Dining: If students are quarantined, how will they get food?
• Campus staff: How will job descriptions need to change?
• Student mental health: What will be the impact?
• Bias and discrimination: Will campuses experience more incidents?
• Progress toward graduation: Will graduation rates be affected?
• Graduation ceremonies: Will they be affected?
• Spring break: Will students go anywhere, and what happens when they return?
• Travel restrictions: Will schools implement travel bans for faculty and staff?
• Hand sanitizers: Will schools install them all over the place?
• Meetings: Will people prefer online gatherings?
• Black swans: Are colleges and universities preparing for low-probability/high-impact COVID-19-related events?

What questions about COVID-19 do you have?

Anyone want to take a shot at providing some answers?