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US universities predict higher numbers from pent-up demand; Indian students hopeful of returning to campus this Fall
US universities predict higher numbers from pent-up demand; Indian students hopeful of returning to campus this Fall
Ishani Duttagupta & Hemali Chhapia | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 8, 2021, 20:20 IST
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From adapting to online classes to dealing with ‘Zoom fatigue’, the past year has been challenging for Shreyas Aiyar, a graduate student at Maryland’s Johns Hopkins University. “The lack of in-person interaction made everything much harder. With libraries closed and restrictions around meetings, group work was challenging,” Aiyar said. “As a teaching assistant myself, office hours held online were much less effective.” Aiyar is one among the large numbers of Indian students who have returned home in the wake of the pandemic and coping with its challenges. ....

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