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Social distancing is no reason to stop service learning – just do it online

  • Written by Marianne E. Krasny, Professor of Environmental Education and Civic Ecology, Cornell University
College students don't have to appear in person to do good.Tom Werner/Getty Images

At Troy University in Alabama, students went online to help a county with a high infant mortality rate in the state of Georgia to analyze health disparities and develop solutions.

At Cornell University, where I teach, law students are providing legal services online...

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