Crisis-hit universities building the ship as they sail it
Tala Jarjour
Above, Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images via AFP)
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As the winter months of early 2020 drew to a close, spring seemed to bring unprecedented uncertainties because of the impact the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was having on education. In the midst of a flurry of emerging and desperately needed information about the novel coronavirus, universities dominated the headlines. While teaching staff were still head-down trying to learn how to move their classes online, and while administrators were scrambling to make sense of the new challenges on a daily basis, universities were in the spotlight due to their target audience: The students.