By Jody Greene, EdSource, May 13, 2020
The rapid shift to remote instruction at universities and colleges necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic has been attended by predictions of the end of everything from residential college life to in-person instruction, from majors and degree programs to the professoriate itself.
I want to suggest that this rush to predict the worst possible outcomes for higher education teaching and learning is not only ill-advised but also flawed. We would do better to focus on changes that should come about.
I’m not contesting that the coming years will be very challenging, particularly for those of us at minority-serving institutions and under-resourced public universities. There is going to be very little money to go around, and the costly job of supporting all students’ equal opportunity for academic success is going to be harder than ever.
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