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5 challenges of doing college in the metaverse

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
imageA student wears virtual reality goggles and headphones as part of a digital learning experience.Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

More and more colleges are becoming “metaversities,” taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world, often called the “metaverse.” One initiative has 10 U.S....

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