How Coronavirus Changed College Overnight

Colleges and universities around the world have closed their campuses and moved to online classes as a result of COVID-19. As of March 24, 2020, 1,102 colleges and universities have closed their campuses due to coronavirus, impacting over 14 million students. From canceled commencement ceremonies to job market uncertainty, here's how these closures have affected students and professors across the United States.


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How Coronavirus Changed College Overnight

[rossjbolla]

the group of students and faculty interviewed for this video is not at all representative of the total student population in this country. only high end private schools with a very homogeneous student population. no participation from students from state universities. I find this to be a disservice to everyone.

[elizabethbanks]

I’m a senior at a state college and this definitely isn’t my experience. My professors don’t even know how to operate Zoom, so they’re making PowerPoint presentations and sending them to us in lieu of lectures. There will be no graduation ceremony this year. Internships are cancelled. I’ve worked hard for six (very long) years to get my Bachelors, and this is what I get: a diploma in the mail, professors that aren’t teaching, and no ceremony to celebrate the hard work and resilience of myself and my classmates. This sucks.

[ryannicoletti]

Don’t quite understand the reason why this video focuses on schools like Harvard, Stanford, Davidson, NYU, or other schools when the majority of students that are affected by this are not in these schools (14 million college students in public schools vs 5 million college students in private schools). What does this mean for state colleges? Community colleges? They don’t have the resources, funding, or reach as Harvard or other expensive private schools. And not to mention the burden on having to transfer courses from in-person to online will be much more of a struggle for the smaller, public schools than Harvard.

[kristinastroka]

This sucks so bad, I’m also a senior. They actually postponed our graduation ceremony and said they don’t know when yet but it will happen.

[Kirito]

I don't get how they can charge you for a full semester of room and board when you can't even have access to that room

[milicalderon]

I'm a student and was abroad in London for the semester. Let me tell you, 3 days to find a flight home and pack everything up is a stressful time. Really wish they would've interviewed students who were abroad because comparatively that's where most of the chaos was.

[Julie-qrow]

if face to face is better, then why do colleges charge the same price for online classes? These students need a refund and so do I!!! WTF

[dutchmaster]

I went to school when I was 18 in 2009 during the “Great Recession”... dropped out at 21 in 2012

Decided to go back now in 2020 and finish... might have to drop out again lol

[Nchinnam]

Im financially screwed over by this cuz I need to double pay for food and accomodation as my school hasn't refunded any money. Id like a tuition refund too but not as important as getting food and dorm refunds.

[theSexyMilkMan]

Gen Z: We’re graduating into a recession!

Millennials: Welcome to club.

Boomers: Why are you all so poor, lazy and entitled?

[jamesrivers]

Senior here! Can confirm this sucks. Commencement ceremony is cancelled.

[carolinejudith]

I appreciate that my professors made my classes much easier but I also feel like I'm learning nothing lol

[johnschofield]

If there’s online school in the fall I’m not paying 60, 000 anymore

[VerStarr]

Here for the YouTube algorithm and hoping everyone is doing ok

[ycazawilliams]

Students are starting to realize the scam of college and that they are a business not an organization that’s there to meet people’s needs and comforts

[spotlight]

My university (Indiana University) literally told me that they have made no such plans for giving any tuition refunds and have also stated that online classes are more expensive. But they waved off $30 class online class fee for each class as a "financial relief" . Which I personally don't think of as a relief when I have payed well over a few thousand dollars.

[valeriarey]

What about music, dance, public speaking or any other form of performance based classes? A refund needs to be given.

[MrKamaboko]

Wow this is like everything schools could ever dream of.
Collect overly extraordinarily high tuitions AND reduce overhead/maintenance costs? wish there was a harvard stock to buy

[nativeportlander]

Not to mention that almost no college students will see any direct benefit from the $2T stimulus package.

[DarthFurie]

I graduated from undergrad 6 years ago, my heart goes out to students without anywhere else to go or anywhere else to get food like I was 💔 It gets better, hang in there