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Students Hit Hard as L.A. Community Colleges Scramble to Respond to Coronavirus

Sunday, March 22, 2020
Los Angeles Times

At the nation’s largest community college district, communication about the coronavirus has been confusing. Less than half of the faculty had been trained in “distance education” before the pandemic hit. Employees lacked access to systems to enable working from home. There were not enough laptops for students and teachers to access online instruction.

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