Inside Berea College’s Decision Not To Put Classes Online - Opinion Piece

Susan Adams writes: As colleges shut down and move classes online, Berea College is doing things a little differently. On March 10, Lyle Roelofs was one of the first college presidents in America to cancel brick and mortar classes at his school of 1,600 undergrads in the small town of Berea, Kentucky. Unlike the vast majority of institutions, he didn’t announce a move to online education. He posted his reasoning on Berea’s COVID-19 information page: “Many students will be returning to areas where they do not have adequate internet access to participate in online courses.”