Will the coronavirus pandemic lead to long-term changes in higher education? To better understand the challenges facing U.S. colleges and universities, WSJ’s Alexander Hotz spoke with administrators, students, and a higher education futurist. Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/AP Oakland University didn’t top Matthew Henry’s list when he started hunting for colleges in Michigan to attend. But one visit to the spacious campus, situated on a serene 1,400-acre estate donated by the heiress to the Dodge auto-making fortune, sold him on the school.
Image: Matthew Henry’s education at Oakland University was made possible, in significant part, by the school’s partnership with Siemens. He sits with a robot controller connected to a conveyor system in a lab on campus. PHOTO: NICK HAGEN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
