Innovative Teaching Practices and Financial Support of Students Continue to Retain Students More Consistently than Free Sweatshirts and Water Bottles
by Kyla Still and Dr. Benjamin M. Drury
When COVID hit in 2020, all members of the academic community were forced to transition to remote learning.
Varying degrees of familiarity with remote learning pedagogy among faculty, similar challenges with students, access to internet, and myriad other tech-related issues.
Happening all at the same time was literal chaos, depending on where you were living. Most major cities saw some form of organized movement against oppressive tactics and institutions and people.
What was originally cast as “riots” manifesting from within the communities, in the aftermath we are learning about federal agents being deployed into demonstrations and interest groups to spread misinformation, disinformation, and generally work to destabilize “the resistance” from getting a foundation to build upon.
According to Census.org, 93% of households had school-aged children were engaged in online learning during the pandemic. It is not to say either that the remaining 7% were simply sitting at home or on the street. Some, if not most, of the remainder are likely students from elite…
