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Before places of worship, restaurants, and shops began to close in response to the coronavirus pandemic, college campuses sent students home. The dominoes started to fall last spring.
On March 6, the University of Washington in Seattle became the first major American college to shut down campus operations. Ten days later, over 250 U.S. colleges and universities followed suit.
Many schools held out hope of resuming at least some on-campus classes and operations by fall. But over the summer, a growing number of colleges adopted online or hybrid learning models. According to The College Crisis Initiative, over half of U.S. colleges were partly or primarily online in the fall.
Neither colleges nor students were prepared for prolonged campus closures. Both face a variety of challenges going forward.
Neither colleges nor students were prepared for prolonged campus closures. Both face a variety of challenges going forward. Due to subsequent coronavirus outbreaks, some institutions have already been forced to close a second time.
Across the board, college leaders say plans for the coming semesters are written in pencil.