Teaching Resources

Student Sentiment for Fall 2020: First Year Students

We are halfway through the Fall 2020 academic term, and educators and institutions are concerned about, among many other things, whether first-year students are getting the learning experience they were expecting. Based on Top Hat's analysis of survey responses from more than 3,400 current higher ed students, freshmen are much more likely than later-year students to report that school closures had minimal impact on their education — and are more likely to return to school in the Spring 2021 term.