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The pandemic dramatically changed the look and feel of higher education this past year. Students attended 

 and were often asked to stay in their dorms. 

Hundreds of thousands of faculty and staff were 

. Enrollment plummeted. Freshman enrollment alone 

It’s accelerated a cash-flow crisis that many institutions were grappling with even before the pandemic. Could this be the moment higher education makes big changes, permanently? And if so, what might they be?

Tuesday morning, MPR News reporter and guest host Catharine Richert spoke with experts who follow the trends in higher education. Post-pandemic, what will the new normal look like?

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It’s been a tough year for universities. Enrollment has dropped, faculty has been laid off, and the bottom line is grim. How might the college experience be forever changed by the pandemic?

Has the pandemic permanently changed higher education?

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