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Stephen Downes

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The plan for most American univresities this fall seems to be to advertise that they will be open for in-person classes, then to shift to online learning when needed. Writes Bryan Alexander, who has been tracking their announcements, "Very few campuses are proclaiming a wholly online semester, because (among other reasons) they fear losing enrollment.  Yet it seems like many are quietly planning on the possibility." Is it too soon to say that the sector is planning to bait and switch?

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