According to this article in the WSJ, because of vaccine delays and new virus variants, the travel industry (local tour operators, hotels, airlines) are not expecting to be at pre-pandemic levels until somewhere around 2023 or 2024. 2021 is already expected to be written off as a loss as bad or worse than 2020.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/travels-covid-19-blues-are-likely-here-to-staypeople-will-go-out-of-business-11613912401

Thanks Keiko. Very interesting.

"During the spring 2020 semester, when higher education quickly shifted to remote online teaching in response to the coronavirus pandemic,1 faculty and leadership didn't have much time to think carefully about the many details of teaching online. Now that the spring and summer semesters are behind us and we are facing remote teaching during the fall semester and possibly beyond, some faculty members may question whether to require all students in live online classes to be on webcam all the time. As experienced online educators, our answer is no for four reasons."
https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2020/9/dear-professors-dont-let-student-webcams-trick-you

https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2020/09/tiktok-trump-administration-adopting-chinas-own-vision-internet/168667/

From the article:
"University administrators are all handling the surges differently. Currently, around 20 percent of colleges are either primarily or fully in-person, according to a tracker from Davidson College’s College Crisis Initiative. Around a third are either fully or primarily offering courses online. Overall, Irwin Redlener, director of the Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative at Columbia University, described the current higher education situation to Politico as “national chaos.” "

https://www.vox.com/2020/9/5/21424311/colleges-suspensions-dismissal-coronavirus-students

From the article:
First, before everything else, is this: there is no reason to fear. You’re going to mess up, and that’s okay. You’re going to fall short of what you expect you can do. That is also okay. You’re going to struggle to reach every kid in your class. That is no different than it was before, and it is okay. Breathe. Teaching is hard enough without all the stress of the technology. Don’t allow the unfamiliar systems to distract you from the essential connection with the kids. They’ll forgive you if they love you, and they’ll love you if you love them. Keep that first. Remember, always, that trust begets learning. If you get that part right, the rest of it will be fine. Not perfect, but fine.

https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/ten-years-of-teaching-online-has-taught-me-these-five-things-e935ff8ffd29

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From the article:
""We're very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools," Trump said during a roundtable discussion Tuesday afternoon at the White House.

"Get open in the fall. We want your schools open," Trump said."
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/07/888157257/white-house-pushes-to-reopen-schools-despite-a-surge-in-coronavirus-cases

From the article:
"Those colleges making the change to an online environment include Harvard University, the 23 campuses of California State University, and Hampton University.

On Monday, Harvard University officials announced that all classes would be taught online for the 2020-2021 school year, even if students choose to live on campus during the academic year, however, the average tuition cost will remain at $49,653 per semester."
https://www.newsweek.com/these-colleges-universities-are-going-online-only-this-fall-charging-full-tuition-1515983

From the article:
"Thousands of instructors at American colleges and universities have told administrators in recent days that they are unwilling to resume in-person classes because of the pandemic.

More than three-quarters of colleges and universities have decided students can return to campus this fall. But they face a growing faculty revolt."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/coronavirus-college-professors.html