As many people battle to get back to a life previously deemed normal, institutions found a better way for students to feel comfortable in classes—especially college students. Colleges worldwide opened their doors to eager students excited to get back on campus this fall, after a year of online learning. Everyday college life was in full effect with vaccine mandates, the unveiling of safety plans, and the minimizing class sizes. However, the Washington Post reports nationwide, some faculty and students voiced their concern with being around thousands of their peers as new variants of the virus began to rise. The Delta variant prompted numerous institutions to consider hybrid courses as this method a UC Davis study shows a safer option than being on campus every day. Hybrid courses were introduced in the 1960s, referred to as blended learning, although the new method of education didn’t take its current form until the late 1990s. It is a compromise between online and in-person...
