No way universities will return to jam-packed lecture halls, Canadian researcher says

TORONTO -- A University of Calgary professor says universities need to modernize themselves and adapt to the advent of remote learning​, which isn't going away anytime soon.​

While the pandemic has forced classes to be held online, Falkenberg thinks online learning in some form is here to stay, and that universities will "lose their geographic boundaries." Falkenberg expects costs to eventually go down with online learning becoming commonplace, but says in the short term, the transition has actually been more expensive.

Earlier in April, Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont. announced that it was slashing 11 graduate programs and 58 undergraduate programs while laying off 100 faculty members as it moved into bankruptcy insolvency. Some of the cut programs include mathematics, physics and the only French-language midwifery program in Ontario.45.8 per cent of the funding for universities and degree-granting colleges comes from governments while tuition and fees make up another 29.4 per cent.

First article I’ve read that makes any logical sense. Not pandemic, endemic, let’s make the switch.

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