International Students Prefer a Third of Their Classes be Online

FILE - LaGuardia Community College professor Lucia Fuentes teaches her honors biology class via videoconference from Ontario, Canada, May 4, 2021.

Despite the end of COVID-19 restrictions in many places, international students say they’d prefer that about a third of their classes be online. Students say they appreciate the flexibility, and students whose first language isn’t English can benefit from being able to rewatch a lecture afterward.

However, 25% of students said they would like all their classes to be in person. Patrick Jack reviews the survey data in The Times Higher Education. (July 2023)