COVID-19 has upended the college experience. To date, we have experienced three distinct phases of the pandemic: the onset in March 2020, as colleges shifted to remote learning and largely sent their students away from campus; the summer, as colleges evaluated new information about the severity and the future of the pandemic and decided whether to bring students back to campus; and Fall 2020, as colleges and are now evaluating their decision about on-campus vs. remote learning. For those campuses that brought students back, there are rising numbers of cases of the student population who tested positive for COVID-19, and colleges need to navigate isolation and safety concerns for their students. Colleges that have taken an exclusively distance learning approach have had to navigate the delivery of remote learning, from implementing technology, and bringing professors up to speed on delivering instruction remotely.
Course Hero and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators commissioned College Pulse to administer a survey of college students’ experiences with COVID-19, their return to campus, and the support they are receiving from their college. Conducted from September 28th to October 5th, 2020, findings from Student Wellness During COVID-19: What Role Do Universities Play in Supporting their Students? represent a sample of 3,500 full-time students currently enrolled in four-year degree programs surveyed via the College Pulse mobile app and web portal, and weighted to be nationally representative of four-year college students.
Here is what our research covers:
- Students’ current stress and anxiety levels
- Students’ perception of their university’s response to COVID-19
- How students are coping with the uncertainty of COVID-19
- How some students are thriving despite the challenges
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This report was featured in: Inside Higher Education, PR Newswire, University Business
Methodology
The survey was designed and conducted by College Pulse and made possible through funding from Course Hero and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The survey was fielded September 28th – October 5th and comes from a sample of 3,500 undergraduates who are currently enrolled full-time in four-year degree programs in the U.S. There are 196 universities represented in this sample.
