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Stanford's president on the “new normal” for higher education after COVID

Stanford's President on The “New Normal” for Higher Education after COVID | GZERO World

Certain adjustments that universities across the country made because of the pandemic may very well be here to stay. A vast expansion of the use of telehealth, says Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavine, may be one of those things. And even once students can come back to campus, certain remote learning programs may be here to stay. That said, there's no replacing the in-person experience, Tessier-Lavigne stresses.
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