The COVID-19 pandemic led many college campuses to close and transition to remote learning. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or otherwise non-heterosexual or cisgender (LGBTQ+) college students, these disruptions may have affected their ability to express their sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). We used a…

The COVID-19 lockdown event in early 2020 provided a rare opportunity to directly compare students' experience in the remote online classroom with their prior experience in the traditional physical classroom. A total of 354 survey responses were analysed statistically. Students' experience in the remote online classroom was found to be less…

While several studies on study abroad have examined the impact of personal factors (e.g., gender, age, and family environment) on the decision to study abroad, a factor analysis has not yet been conducted on the reasons why some students choose not to study abroad. This paper highlights the role of academic study abroad programs in promoting…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and the author attends her college classes online, each day of the semester feels the same. Life during the pandemic has encouraged many people to be more appreciative of the little things, like having a desk to work at, a bed to sleep in, and WiFi to connect to. The author hopes that people remember these…

Since the beginning of the global pandemic in early 2020, online learning has largely replaced face-to-face learning worldwide. In Jordan, online learning has been implemented using various online tools and platforms. The purpose of the present study was to ascertain the attitudes of 579 undergraduate students in Jordan toward online learning,…

Objective: This study seeks to understand the experiences of college student as they completed their education during the COVID-19 lockdown. Participants: Students at a large 4-year college in Midwestern USA. Methods: We conducted a photo-survey of students' experiences during the lockdown. Student researchers and faculty collaborated to analyze…

This study explores students' and their families' experiences during the pandemic response to COVID-19 by the higher education community. Using the hermeneutic phenomenological approach, we employed two open-ended surveys and semi-structured interviews of 16 parent-college student dyads (N = 34). The study draws on students' and parents'…

The purpose of the study was to determine how the university students who continue their education online after the universities shifted to distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic evaluate this process. The study was designed as a case study, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group was selected using the maximum variation…

Student engagement in the classroom is important for academic and future success. Many students with disabilities rely on classroom supports, such as assistive technology (AT), to access the curriculum and demonstrate their understanding. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many school districts to abruptly shift to emergency remote instruction. Numerous…

The problem addressed in this qualitative multi-case study was that high school and college students who transitioned to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced increased mental health issues due to the lack of social relationships caused by social isolation. The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to examine high…

The COVID-19 pandemic substantially disrupted normal operations at liberal arts colleges (LACs) across the United States, as well as the lives and educational trajectories of their undergraduate students. This dissertation collected data from 775 undergraduate LAC students enrolled in two colleges in the U.S. South during the spring 2021 semester…

The purpose of this exploratory case study was to understand how elementary students perceived their learning and engagement in a remote learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Five students elected to join the study with parental permission, ranging in grades 3rd-5th. Interviews were conducted on Zoom with the students as well as their…

The COVID crisis has caused that the way of teaching classes in schools must be reinvented, but it has also transformed other dimensions of relationship between teachers and students. This article collects qualitative information regarding how high school teachers have developed actions to interact with their students, as well as the vision that…

This study draws on the theory of Cumulative Disadvantage and Advantage to explore the online learning experiences of low-income minority students in middle school during the COVD-19 pandemic. We draw on 8 semi-structured interviews with two students, 12 interviews with teacher participants, ongoing open-ended ethnographic interviews with students…

When COVID-19 struck, higher education scrambled. Teaching and learning swerved abruptly to emergency remote instruction. For many students, the rapid refashioning of courses of instruction meant suddenly confronting new, radically different learning scenarios. We know relatively little about what enabled or constrained students' confidence in…