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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?