In-person instruction would not resume until fall 2021. By then, administrators anticipated a hard stop for remote learning — in a town hall meeting held Aug. 10, 2021, Dean of the College Jill Dolan said the fall semester would include “no option for remote learning.” Two years later, that hard stop has not materialized, neither nationally nor on campus. Some academic institutions in the U.S. embrace virtual learning. Three state colleges in Vermont are currently in the process of using virtual learning to consolidate into one statewide institution, Vermont State University, which will operate from three campuses using a hybrid Zoom and in-person model.
