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Presidents' panel: How COVID-19 will change higher education

  • Written by Walter M. Kimbrough, President of Dillard University, Dillard University
imageCOVID-19 has altered nearly every aspect of higher education.Gerald Herbert/AP

Editor’s note: From time to time, we ask the leaders of our country’s colleges and universities to address some of the most pressing issues in higher education. Here, the presidents of three universities answer six critical questions about the future of...

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