Date of Award
5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Social Studies
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
Over the past three years, the Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered students’ college experience through its location format and delivery. Research and early interviews suggest that students are now less likely to pursue a four-year traditional college experience than they were before the start of the pandemic. Instead, students are increasingly choosing to pursue other options such as not going to college or learning remotely. Even before the start of the pandemic data shows that college enrollment was already declining. While this data shows the short-term effects of Covid-19 on students there are a number of questions about the long-term that are left unanswered. Through my literature review and interviews conducted with students and university personnel, I attempt to answer these questions and explore whether the disruptions and changes Covid-19 caused to students’ college experience are unique short-term effects or if this is part of an overall systemic shift in higher education. While the sample size of the interviews is limited, (sixteen students) it does help to provide insight into student’s perspectives on how their learning experience was transformed.
Recommended Citation
Schueller, Zachary, "How Has the Covid-19 Pandemic Transformed the Relevance of the Traditional College Experience?" (2023). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 15.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/15
