Report OUT Vol 8 COVID-19 has amplified existing problems in our community and in education, but we should be excited by the fact innovation has suddenly moved from the margins to the center of many education systems, said Guy Smith, Executive Editor, ReportOUT. Mr. Smith, a former faculty member at Antioch University who also previously served as the Dean of Educational Programs at Santa Barbara City College, continued: Another lesson from the pandemic is that we can operate smarter at a number of levels. For instance, we ve learned that some higher education functions can be done remotely with few, if any, negative consequences.