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Stanford President Marc-Tessier Lavigne: The future of in-person college learning
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Stanford President Marc-Tessier Lavigne: The future of in-person college learning

"I think that we can make education much more accessible while still highlighting the value of an in-person Stanford education" Stanford University president Marc Tessier Lavigne told Ian Bremmer. It will be the job of administrators, says Tessier-Lavigne, to determine how best to apply the "highs" of remote learning to a post-pandemic learning experience.

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

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.

Why Stanford disinvited their undergraduates back to campus
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Why Stanford disinvited their undergraduates back to campus

Podcast: Stanford's president: college in the COVID age
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Stanford's president: college in the COVID age

Podcast: Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne joins Ian Bremmer to talk about how higher education is trying (and in many cases failing) to adjust to the pandemic this fall. Tessier-Lavigne made news in August by reversing a June decision to welcome undergraduates back to campus, determining that California's summer COVID outbreak made it untenable to bring most students back.

Stanford's president: college in the COVID age
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Stanford's president: college in the COVID age

Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne joins Ian Bremmer to talk about how higher education is trying (and in many cases failing) to adjust to the pandemic this fall.