James Donohue
Professor Hochfelder
AHIS 201
4/1/20

Title: Presidents fear financial, and human, the toll of coronavirus
Date:3/27/20
URL:https://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/college-presidents-fear-financial-and-human-toll-coronavirus-their-campuses
Brief Description: A survey revealed that the majority of college presidents view their top short term priority as being the mental health of their students and faculty. only 20% of those surveyed have said they have increased mental health funding after the COVID-19 outbreak. The survey also revealed that their long term concerns were the financial future of the college. About 1/3rd of these college presidents believe there will be in-person classes this fall while 40% of them cant make a determination about that yet.
Keywords: College, affordability
Future Implications: If college presidents view mental health as such an important issue then it will be interesting to see if colleges better fund their mental health programs which would either be offset by cuts to other programs or a raise in college fees. Also, if colleges don't have in-person classes in the fall it will probably affect how much they charge their students both short term and long term. In the short-term college will be cheaper but long term when we return to physical classes it may become more expensive as colleges find they may need to charge more to make up for lost revenue.
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