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The new coronavirus is hitting colleges and universities hard, but donors can help

  • Written by William Plater, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs, Philanthropy, and English; Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Emeritus, IUPUI
At Columbia University and hundreds of other schools, all students are suddenly learning online.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

Amid concerns about the deadly coronavirus pandemic, a rapidly growing number of colleges and universities are closing their classroom doors, forcing faculty to teach students online instead of in person.

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