Colleges Tap Tech to Calm Students Paying for Remote Classes
- Strong Wi-Fi, 3D labs, Dropbox can’t replace in-person lessons
- Some students consider gap year to escape online learning
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Colleges are rolling out new technology for a mostly online semester that begins next month, but these efforts are unlikely to impress students paying tens of thousands of dollars for in-person instruction.
The University of Michigan will provide stronger Wi-Fi and new cloud storage accounts to help students learn on campus while maintaining social distance. The University of Southern California plans virtual 3-D labs for some science courses, while the University of California at Berkeley is giving laptops, webcams and headphones to thousands of students in need.