They’re giving it more than the old college try.
College students throughout the country have in many ways been robbed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students returned home and avoided campus, either taking a gap year or continuing their degree from home. Students who remained on campus had to be rather isolated. All students missed the one-on-one instruction with professors and the feeling of finding a new friend in class. And for the time being, bar nights are rare, and dancing in crowded, sweaty basements, along with other kinds of larger gatherings, is a fantasy from yesteryear.
Researchers have found that COVID-19 has increased the depression rate among college students. That’s not to mention the physical health threat of the coronavirus. According to Connecticut College’s COVID-19 dashboard, a website that tracks coronavirus statistics at the college, 48,753 tests were performed on students and employees between Aug. 17, 2020, and Jan. 31 of this year. There were 67 positive tests among students and 46 among employees. In February of this year, six more students and six more employees tested positive.